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doorkeys

doorkeys is the plural of doorkey.

Meaning of doorkey

Noun

doorkey (plural doorkeys)

  1. A key that locks and unlocks a door.
    • Don had his doorkeys in his hand, and he stuck one of the doorkeys between the box door and the brass frame and used it as a lever. The brass front bent enough for him to reach the letters.1969, Patricia Highsmith, “The Birds Poised to Fly”, in The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., published 1970, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 14–15

Questions about doorkeys

What is doorkeys the plural of?
Doorkeys is the plural of doorkey.

Words near doorkeys in the dictionary

  1. doorjambs
  2. doorkeeper
  3. doorkeepers
  4. doorkeeping
  5. doorkey
  6. doorkeys
  7. doorknob
  8. doorknob complaint
  9. doorknob complaints
  10. doorknob phenomena
  11. doorknob phenomenon

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