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LATCHKEY CHILD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("latchkey child" is a kind of...):
pupil; school-age child; schoolchild (a young person attending school (up through senior high school))
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