night key
noun
a key for a night latch.
Origin of night key
1An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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How to use night key in a sentence
Didn't me and the fellers have to cave in your door with a night-key wrench—sa-a-ay?
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1 | Robert H. NewellAll my lodgers were in but one, a young gentleman who has a night-key.
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow | Anna Katharine GreenMr. Stanford opened it with a night-key, and they entered, and went upstairs, still in silence.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters | May Agnes FlemingTheodore applied his night-key, and with cat-like tread they moved across the hall, and the library door swung noiselessly open.
Three People | PansyThe door is opened before he can turn the bolt with his night-key, and the whitest possible little hand presses his.
Daisy's Necklace | Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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