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Latch-key-child
Latch-key-child
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(idiomatic) 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).
noun
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Origin of latch-key-child
Door lock or
latch
+
key
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