latch-key child

See also: latchkey child

English

Etymology

Door lock or latch + key

Noun

latch-key child (plural latch-key children)

(idiomatic) A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).

Translations

A child who returns to an empty house

Danish: nøglebarn n
Dutch: sleutelkind (nl) n
German: Schlüsselkind (de) n

Icelandic: lyklabarn n
Norwegian: nøkkelbarn n

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