housekey

English

Alternative forms

• house key

Etymology

From house +‎ key.

Noun

housekey (plural housekeys)

1. A key to a house
   • 2003, Michael Brodsky, Detour‎^[1], →ISBN, page 113:

     The effort I exerted on behalf of the housekey had to be paradigmatic.

   • 1987, State v. Origer, Iowa Court of Appeals, 418 N.W.2d 368, 372:

     There was no housekey on Robb Johnson's body when it was found

   • 1991, Jon D. Krahulik, Lock v. State, Indiana Supreme Court, 567 N.E.2d 1155, 1159:

     Lock contends that this evidence was purposefully used by the prosecutor to prove that Lock possessed the housekey which Milano testified she gave to him for entry into Blanton's house.

Translations

key to a house

• Danish: husnøgle c
• German: Hausschlüssel (de) m
• Irish: eochair tí f
• Korean: 집열쇠 (jibyeolsoe)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: husnøkkel m

  Nynorsk: husnykel m

• Swedish: husnyckel (sv) c