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latchkey
/ ˈlætʃˌkiː /
noun
- a key for an outside door or gate, esp one that lifts a latch
- a supposed freedom from restrictions
- ( as modifier )
a latchkey existence
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Example Sentences
They went upstairs without using the lift, and he let her and himself in with his latchkey.
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Could it be possible that some thief had stolen the latchkey from Knight, and used it when Mrs. Ellsworth's house was robbed?
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It made her feel less to blame for her carelessness in the matter of that latchkey.
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Still worse was the remembrance of Mrs. Ellsworth's latchkey, the keeping of which had been accidental at first.
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The central figure, wearing pince-nez and waving a latchkey, is formidable rather than repellent.
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