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- noun Plural form of
latchkey .
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Examples
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Survived a “hurried” childhood of divorce, latchkeys, open classrooms, devil-child movies, and a shift from G to R ratings.
Archive 2009-02-22 William Harryman 2009
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Khadijah Queen latchkeys, no key just chains, rusted and heavy — junked children birthed from baby and single-mother boom, full houses —
Listen. : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Survived a “hurried” childhood of divorce, latchkeys, open classrooms, devil-child movies, and a shift from G to R ratings.
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There was the bell — it was not the epoch of latchkeys; and there the smell of dinner — yes, and the little dog had smelt it!
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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Watches and latchkeys are attached to a key chain and hidden in the trousers pocket.
The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Walter Germain
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His drunkenness is so light that he can remove with complete skill his comrades 'cigarette cases, pocket handkerchiefs, and worst of all, their latchkeys.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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Even young female wraiths, demanding latchkeys, refuse to obey the frowning face of the clock, and engage in light-hearted ebullience to make the ghost of Mrs. Grundy turn a shade paler in horror.
Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906
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And he jingled the skeleton bunch that he carried on a chain as honest men carry their latchkeys.
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If the people inside the house will run the place as we want it run, they may stay inside and we will keep the latchkeys in our pockets.
The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People Woodrow Wilson 1890
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"Anyhow, they have latchkeys," retorted Ruthven Smith, with what for him might be considered gaiety of manner.
The Second Latchkey 1889
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