Definition of Latchkeys

1. Noun. (plural of latchkey) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Latchkeys

1. latchkey [n] - See also: latchkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latchkeys

latch onto
latched
latched on
latches
latches on
latchet
latchets
latching
latching on
latchings
latchkey
latchkey child
latchkey children
latchkey kid
latchkey kids
latchkeys (current term)
latchstring
latchstrings
late(a)
late-bound
late-night hour
late-phase response
late-successional forest
late-successional reserve
late-term
late-type star
late apical systolic murmur
late benign syphilis
late binding

Literary usage of Latchkeys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"had no discontents; they wanted neither votes nor latchkeys: indeed, why should they, since they invariably got round their stout and fussy mothers, ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"I. latchkeys in the parental household are the exclusive property of its male members. Question. Is it your opinion that a spinster should have all the ..."

3. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1908)
"THE REMINISCENCES OF CARL SCHURZ now, that the tenants of apartment-houses were not given latchkeys for the street doors, but that such keys were entrusted ..."

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