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  1. latch-key child love

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  1. n. 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).

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  1. Door lock or latch + key (Wiktionary)

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  1. school-age child
  1. pupil
  1. schoolchild

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