see latchkey child
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latchkey kid noun [countable] [singular latchkey kid plural latchkey kids] [singular latchkey child plural latchkey children]
a child whose parents work and who returns from school to an empty house
Thesaurus: general words for child and types of childhyponym
Variant: latchkey child
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a child who is at home alone after school because both parents are at work
Useful english dictionary. 2012.