latchkey kid

latchkey kid

English

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.

Synonyms

• latchkey child

Translations

schoolchild

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 掛鑰匙兒童, 挂钥匙儿童 (guàyàoshi értóng) Dutch: sleutelkind (nl) n Finnish: avainkaulalapsi, avainlapsi

German: Schlüsselkind (de) n Japanese: 鍵っ子 (かぎっこ, kagikko) Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: niño llavero m