"latchkey kid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: latchkey kids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} latchkey kid (plural latchkey kids)
  1. (informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to his or her house because there is usually no parent home when school finishes. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Children, Education Synonyms: latchkey child Translations (schoolchild): 掛鑰匙兒童 (Chinese Mandarin), 挂钥匙儿童 (guàyàoshi értóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鑰匙兒童 (Chinese Mandarin), 钥匙儿童 (yàoshi értóng) (Chinese Mandarin), sleutelkind [neuter] (Dutch), avainkaulalapsi (Finnish), avainlapsi (Finnish), enfant à clé [masculine] (French), Schlüsselkind [neuter] (German), 鍵っ子 (kagikko) (alt: かぎっこ) (Japanese), niño con llave [masculine] (Spanish), nyckelbarn [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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