latchkey kid

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A schoolchild who carries keys to their residence because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.

Equivalents

Españolniño con llave

Françaisenfant à clé

DeutschSchlüsselkind

5 more languages

Suomiavainkaulalapsi avainlapsi

Íslenskalyklabarn

日本語鍵っ子

Nederlandssleutelkind

Svenskanyckelbarn

Examples

“Forget ⟳ about the American latchkey kids of my generation.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

latchkey program Latchley Latchman latchpan latchstring latd.

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