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night key
noun
- a key for a night latch.
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of night key1
Example Sentences
Now in its fifth season, which will have its premiere on Wednesday night, âKey & Peeleâ has experienced a shift in tone and volume.
Having watched the ârocketsâ red glare, the bombs bursting in airâ through a rainy night, Key was cheered to see, at dawnâs light, an American flag, with 15 stars and stripes, flying boldly above the fort.
Even the Mackerel brass-band begins to grow feeble, often making pitiable attempts to execute stirring strains on his night key bugle, as though unconscious that by long disuse in his pocket it had become clogged with bread and cheese.
Nowhere does he steal anything, but always leaves a note signed "Night Key," reading: "What I create I can destroy."
Mrs. Nesbit glanced at her husband furtively and caught his grin as he piped gayly: âWho also must carry the night key!â 71The three laughed but the daughter went on with the cataloguing: âHe is a young man of strong predilections, of definite purpose and more than ordinary intellectual capacity.â
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