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Skeleton key   /skˈɛlətən ki/   Listen
Skeleton key

noun
1.
A passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks.





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"Skeleton key" Quotes from Famous Books



... SCREW. A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. To stand on the screw signifies that a door is not ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.


Words linked to "Skeleton key" :   master, master key, passkey, passe-partout


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