Door key

/dɔː kiː/

/doːɹ kiː/

Door key

*** a specially shaped piece of metal that you place in a lock and turn in order to open or lock a door, or to start or stop the engine of a vehicle

Examples

1. But what you really want is the main office door key or something.

2. The cook, a woman, brandished the spit, so Maupin struck her with a huge door key and with sister, doubtless a current partner, and three lackeys, floored her with kicks and punches.

3. You would hope that when you got here, someone had left the door key under the mat at the front so you could open those doors.

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