latchkey child
latchkey child
A child who is home alone after school or in general because their parents or guardians are at work. I know it makes me sound horrible, but I just don't want Tommy hanging out with those latchkey children from down the road. Being a latchkey child was tough at times, but it taught me the value of self-reliance at an earlier age than most.
See also: child, latchkey
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- latchkey
- latchkey kid
- stand the sight of (someone or something)
- bear the sight of (someone or something)
- I never!
- well I never!
- (well,) I never!
- sound asleep
- boom out
- jangle