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Definition of Latchkey
1. Noun. Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door.
Definition of Latchkey
1. n. A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
Definition of Latchkey
1. Noun. A key, especially to an outside door. ¹
2. 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). ¹
3. Adjective. Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase ''latchkey child''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Latchkey
1. a key for opening a latched door [n -KEYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latchkey
Literary usage of Latchkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne W. Casper (1994)
"The following section more closely examines the latchkey kid issue among gradeschool
children using the parent's reports of self-care situations experienced ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1873)
"THE SECOND latchkey A new mystery story, by CN and AM WILLIAMSON Published April
23—Net, $1.75 AUTHORS OF "THE LION'S MOUSE" The romance of an English girl ..."
3. Aunt Sarah & the War: A Tale of Transformations by Wilfrid Meynell (1915)
"... CHAPTER VI The Laggard latchkey—Uncle Philip and the Letters from the Front—The
new significance of Boys—The Sacrifice of the Son—"If God wearies you, ..."
4. Aunt Sarah & the War: A Tale of Transformations by Wilfrid Meynell (1915)
"... CHAPTER VI The Laggard latchkey—Uncle Philip and the Letters from the Front—The
new significance of Boys—The Sacrifice of the Son—"If God wearies you, ..."
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