"latch-key child" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-latch-key child.ogg Forms: latch-key children [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|latch-key children}} latch-key child (plural latch-key children)
  1. (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). Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Children, People Synonyms: latchkey kid, latchkey child Translations (A child who returns to an empty house): nøglebarn [neuter] (Danish), sleutelkind [neuter] (Dutch), Schlüsselkind [neuter] (German), lyklabarn [neuter] (Icelandic), nøkkelbarn [neuter] (Norwegian), nyckelbarn [neuter] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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