Complete Definition of "latch-key child"

English

Etymology
Door lock or latch + key

Noun
latch-key child

  1. 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

Dutch: sleutelkind n
German: Schlüsselkind n
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