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  1. latchkeys: Merriam-Webster
  2. latchkeys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. latchkeys: Collins English Dictionary
  4. latchkeys: Vocabulary.com
  5. latchkeys: Wiktionary
  6. latchkeys: Dictionary.com
  7. latchkeys: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See latchkey as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (latchkey)

noun:  A key, especially to an outside door.
adjective:  Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey kid.
verb:  (transitive) To open something by means of a latchkey.
noun:  Short for latchkey kid. [(informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to their residence because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.]
▸ Also see latchkey





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