What they call latchkey now, but they didn't have a name for it back then. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Alex comes with a "latchkey" - a USB stick without which the laptop won't operate. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket-lint] Reference
I bring this up because, among the children in the neighborhood where I now live, the term "latchkey" is about as pansy as it gets. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Olien: Back to School Stealing] Reference
Customers buy the laptop, which comes with a USB 'latchkey' to log into the machine, then pay a monthly fee for access and support. From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet UK Highlights] Reference
"latchkey" programs, where they eat breakfast and wait for the school day to start. From Wordnik.com. [Belleville News Democrat: Homepage] Reference
Our poor boys are feeling like latchkey kittys again. From Wordnik.com. [marilynnv Diary Entry] Reference
Taking a latchkey from the girl and the coin from Hawker. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Millions more without health coverage. 14 million latchkey kids. From Wordnik.com. [RJ Eskow: Scrooge Nation: Can We Change?] Reference
Cue divorce, latchkey kid syndrome, and basically MY generation. From Wordnik.com. [choose one: scylla, charybdis] Reference
Prime practically step-parented the latchkey kids of the mid-'80s. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebirth of Optimus Prime: Behind the Scenes with Director Michael Bay] Reference
Come home from school, you have a lot of latchkey kids we call them. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Willa V. Robinson, January 14, 2004. Interview U-0014. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
They each had a latchkey belonging to the door opening upon the Bois. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In a well-built city house the insertion of a latchkey and opening of. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
He writes about rock bands, latchkey kids and out-of-wedlock pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
A moment later there was a rattle of a latchkey and two people came in. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
The little latchkey product of divorce with no parent at home most days. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
And I ` m sure that even she may be familiar with the term "latchkey kids.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2007] Reference
The latchkey turns, and when he puts his weight against the door it yields. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
Three little girls in the last three months -- 11, 12 and 13, latchkey kids. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2003] Reference
He opened the front door with his latchkey as usual, and as usual called out. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
I was a latchkey kid, but I also helped out in the store and made deliveries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2004] Reference
I opened the front door with my latchkey and met the friend's aunt in the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
Becoming a latchkey kid at five would be hard; it would be bad enough when she's older. From Wordnik.com. [How will lone parents cope with having to find a job when their children reach school age?] Reference
Angelica opened it with a latchkey and then stood to let her aunt pass through before her. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
WALSH: Well, there are about 15 million kids that are latchkey children in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2006] Reference
My mother said that she would never let me be the latchkey kid, she made it her duty, she cared. From Wordnik.com. [motivate-me1 Diary Entry] Reference
More than a decade after the media discovered "" latchkey kids, '' the answers are still elusive. From Wordnik.com. [It's 4:00 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?] Reference
"The greatest good to the greatest number," she whispered, as she slid her latchkey into the lock. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
A correspondent who has a latchkey would like to hear from a gentleman who could fit a house to it. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919] Reference
"" With latchkey kids and divorced parents, many kids feel their parents just aren't there for them. ''. From Wordnik.com. [High School Confidential] Reference
Before Grace had time to answer the click of a latchkey was heard, and the maid said, "There they are.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Unable to afford child care, we'd have latchkey children whose only good meal of the day would be school lunch. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Off The Welfare Carousel] Reference
"" We have so many latchkey children in search of a human connection, '' muses marketing consultant Faith Popcorn. From Wordnik.com. [Tomorrow's Child] Reference
They'd shoot back, "What about latchkey kids, whose single parents have no choice but to use the TV as babysitter?". From Wordnik.com. [It's A Job For Parents, Not The Government] Reference
It will also send you a text message to alert you when your latchkey — or is that latchcode? — kid has arrived home. From Wordnik.com. [Product Preview: Schlage LiNK system ushers latchkey kids into the digital era] Reference
At best, however, even with matching contributions from nonprofits, that's only one tenth of the 5 million "" latchkey '' kids. From Wordnik.com. [It's 4:00 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?] Reference
And as for the latchkey kid, some of the skeptics asked, aren't there other circumstances in their lives that we should be worried about?. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Job For Parents, Not The Government] Reference
As Giddy Mounteagle sings the lines a latchkey turns in the hall lock, footsteps advance down the passage, the dining-room door opens, and. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
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