latchkey

🇺🇸 /ˈlætʃkiː/ 🇬🇧 /ˈlætʃkiː/
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noun
R

A small key that opens the front door of a house.

The latchkey children were used to coming home from school and letting themselves in.

translation

n. A small key that opens the front door of a house.

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Plural latchkeys