Synonyms for latchkey
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lach-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlætʃˌki |
Définition of latchkey
Origin :- also latch-key, 1825, a key to draw back the latch of a door, from latch (n.) + key (n.1). Latchkey child first recorded 1944, American English, in reference to children who come home from school while both parents are at work.
- As in key : noun item that unlocks
- Lady St. Craye hesitated a moment with her latchkey in her hand.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It was only when he got out into the now-emptying street that he remembered that he had not got a latchkey.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- With deep relief she saw her father, latchkey in hand, turning into the Old Square.
- Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
- With longing, yet with dread, she waited for the sound of Stephen's latchkey.
- Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
- A moment later there was a rattle of a latchkey and two people came in.
- Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
- Yes; and I had an umbrella for its tempests, and a latchkey for my safe return.
- Extract from : « More Trivia » by Logan Pearsall Smith
- All was quiet and peaceful, though, as Pinckney opens the door with his latchkey.
- Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
- There was his latchkey—the key with which he had gone into his lodgings to fetch away the disguise.
- Extract from : « The Red Triangle » by Arthur Morrison
- At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the halldoor.
- Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
- By the use of his latchkey they had entered a palace huge and dark.
- Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
Antonyms for latchkey
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