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  1. skeleton keys: Merriam-Webster
  2. skeleton keys: Collins English Dictionary
  3. skeleton keys: Vocabulary.com
  4. skeleton keys: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. skeleton keys: Wiktionary
  6. Skeleton Keys: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. skeleton keys: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. skeleton keys: Encyclopedia

(Note: See skeleton_key as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (skeleton key)

noun:  A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
noun:  A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.
noun:  A master key.
▸ Also see skeleton_key


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