latchkey kid

Noun

Meaning

latchkey kid (plural latchkey kids)

(informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to his or her house because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

latchkey child latch-key child

Examples

To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid. Lara Flynn Boyle

Close letter words and terms

Latchingdon latchkey latchkey child latchless Latchman latchpan