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

Example sentences :

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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