latch-key child
See also: latchkey child
English
Etymology
Door lock or latch + key
Noun
latch-key child (plural latch-key children)
- (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).
Translations
A child who returns to an empty house
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