latchkey
noun
latch·key
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Definition of latchkey
: a key to an outside and especially a front door
Examples of latchkey in a Sentence
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As latchkey kids in an often harsh environment, the Gunners found that the most effective defense against pain was the denial of it. — Xhenet Aliu, New York Times, "Childhood Friends — Once Inseparable, Now Far-Flung — Reunite for a Funeral," 11 May 2018 Perceptions of masculinity are informed by everything and everyone around us, and for me, a latchkey kid with hours of entertainment budgeted into each day, media played as significant a role in shaping those ideas as did my own parents. — Jordan Calhoun, The Atlantic, "Growing Up Without Jane the Virgin," 20 Apr. 2018 Peanut butter aroma wafting through a space will take some people back to pleasant memories of school lunches, while others may recall a miserable latchkey upbringing or a low period during adulthood. — Beca Grimm, GQ, "Before You Can Get Over an Ex, You Have to Get Rid of Their Scent," 11 Jan. 2018 As latchkey kids in an often harsh environment, the Gunners found that the most effective defense against pain was the denial of it. — Xhenet Aliu, New York Times, "Childhood Friends — Once Inseparable, Now Far-Flung — Reunite for a Funeral," 11 May 2018 Perceptions of masculinity are informed by everything and everyone around us, and for me, a latchkey kid with hours of entertainment budgeted into each day, media played as significant a role in shaping those ideas as did my own parents. — Jordan Calhoun, The Atlantic, "Growing Up Without Jane the Virgin," 20 Apr. 2018 Peanut butter aroma wafting through a space will take some people back to pleasant memories of school lunches, while others may recall a miserable latchkey upbringing or a low period during adulthood. — Beca Grimm, GQ, "Before You Can Get Over an Ex, You Have to Get Rid of Their Scent," 11 Jan. 2018 Picture unsupervised latchkey kids gathered around VCRs in suburban basements to watch grainy, overly recopied BMX videos of tricks and races. — David Allan, CNN, "BMX racing is rad and totally back from the '80s," 20 Oct. 2017 For Wiseman, the basic question of what exactly is a library in these digital days becomes a latchkey to a wider world. — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, "In ‘Ex Libris,’ the story of libraries is really about infinitely complex people," 14 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'latchkey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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latchkey
noun
English Language Learners Definition of latchkey
: a key for opening an outside door
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