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railway keys

railway keys is the plural of railway key.

Meaning of railway key

Noun

railway key (plural railway keys)

  1. A key that allows one to lock and unlock doors to railway carriages and compartments, typically only permitted to railway employees.
    • It was more like a model of an antediluvian railway key than anything else.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about railway keys

What is railway keys the plural of?
Railway keys is the plural of railway key.

Words near railway keys in the dictionary

  1. railway crossing
  2. railway crossings
  3. railway gun
  4. railway guns
  5. railway key
  6. railway keys
  7. railway line
  8. railway lines
  9. railway poplar
  10. railway signal
  11. railway signals

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