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skeleton key N

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It's the closest thing to the skeleton key of the digital world.
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Such items include mushrooms, skeleton keys, treasure chests, and others.
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However, warded keys were designed to fit only a matching lock and the skeleton key would often fit many.
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Porky sees him and comes in the store using a skeleton key.
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By contrast, the agency of the nocturnal city is a skeleton key to past, present and futures.
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Instead of handing me the usual kind of card, he handed over skeleton key kit, shaped and sized like a business card, but not in standard board -- it was metal.
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His holy symbol is a locked door with a skeleton key beneath it.
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They were caught trying to get off their handcuffs with a skeleton key they made.
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Theories ranged from a unicorn to a voluptuous woman to unmentionable body parts, but the result turned out to be this skeleton key.
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Today, skeleton keys are associated with fine cabinetry.
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