latchkeys
- plural of latchkey.
Example Sentences
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Buzzing around them are children who frolic unsupervised far into the night, wearing latchkeys on strings around their necks because there is nobody at home to care for them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Anyhow, they have latchkeys," retorted Ruthven Smith, with what for him might be considered gaiety of manner.
From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Watches and latchkeys are attached to a key chain and hidden in the trousers pocket.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
There are two latchkeys, of which John used to keep one and I the other.
From The Vanishing Man by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
You and Mrs. will have latchkeys, of course.
From Rolling Stones by Henry, O.