n. a key. (Underworld.) : Marlon snatched the jailer's twisters and waited until midnight to try something.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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twister
1579, "one who spins thread," from twist (v.). Meaning "tornado" is attested from 1897, Amer.Eng.