latch key

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Definition of latch key in English English dictionary
latch-key child: A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s)
latch-key children: plural form of latch-key child
latchkey: Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child
A latch key: clicket
latchkey: a night latch
latchkey: A key, especially to an outside door
latchkey: disapproval If you refer to a child as a latchkey kid, you disapprove of the fact that they have to let themselves into their home when returning from school because their parents are out at work
latchkey: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
latchkey: A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp
latchkey: 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: {i} key for opening a latch on a door (especially an exterior door)

latch key

Turkish pronunciation

läç ki

/ˈlaʧ ˈkē/ /ˈlæʧ ˈkiː/

[ 'lach ] (intransitive verb.) 13th century. Middle English lachen, from Old English læccan; perhaps akin to Greek lambanein to take, seize.

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