Usually means: Child with keys, home alone.
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  1. latchkey child: Merriam-Webster
  2. latchkey child: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. latchkey child: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. latchkey child: Collins English Dictionary
  5. latchkey child: Vocabulary.com
  6. latchkey child: Wordnik
  7. latchkey child: Wiktionary
  8. latchkey child: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. latchkey child: Dictionary.com
  10. Latchkey child: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. latchkey child: Rhymezone
  12. latchkey child: FreeDictionary.org
  13. latchkey child: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. latchkey child: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. latchkey child: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of latchkey kid

Similar:
latchkey kid, latchkey, fosterling, foster child, social orphan, childraiser, baby-snatcher, youngster, urchin, young offender, more...

Opposite:
supervised child, attended child, accompanied child

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Similar:
latchkey kid, latchkey, fosterling, foster child, social orphan, childraiser, baby-snatcher, youngster, urchin, young offender, more...

Opposite:
supervised child, attended child, accompanied child



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