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Latchkey

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Noun

1. latchkey

key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Latchkey

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noun
1. 
a key for an outside door or gate, esp one that lifts a latch
2. 
a. 
a supposed freedom from restrictions
b. 
(as modifier)
a latchkey existence

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Latchkey

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noun
1. 
a key for drawing back or unfastening the latch of a door, esp. of an outer door, from the outside
adjective
2. 
designating, of, or having to do with a child or children who receive no supervision at home after school hours, because their parents are away working

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Latchkey

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n.
A key for opening a latch or lock, especially one on an outside door.

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