Associations to the word «Latchkey»
Noun
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Wiktionary
LATCHKEY, noun. A key, especially to an outside door.
LATCHKEY, noun. A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work).
LATCHKEY, adjective. Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child.
LATCHKEY CHILD, noun. Latchkey kid
LATCHKEY CHILDREN, noun. Plural of latchkey child
LATCHKEY KID, noun. (informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to his or her house because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.
LATCHKEY KIDS, noun. Plural of latchkey kid
Dictionary definition
LATCHKEY, noun. Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.