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latchkey
/ ˱ôĂŠłÙÊË°ìŸ±Ë /
noun
- a key for an outside door or gate, esp one that lifts a latch
- a supposed freedom from restrictions
- ( as modifier )
a latchkey existence
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Example Sentences
Itâs a lovely landing for a latchkey kid who grew up eating Jack in the Box, and weâre not mad at it.
She mentions: "I was a latchkey kid, so I grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray meals."
Donât tell helicopter parents, but the gleefully transgressive flicks that entertained a generation of latchkey wildlings are coming back in style.
She says growing numbers of one-parent households, unmarried parents and âlatchkey kidsâ who walk into empty homes after school each day have eroded the foundations that taught past generations to endure routine stress.
âI think for latchkey kids of the â80s and â90s, celebrities filled in for the family members we wish we had,â she said.
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