carkey

plural carkeys

1. nonstandardNonstandard spelling of car key.

   Jingling carkeys christmasbell tinkling.

   1968, Jack Ludwig, Above Ground, Boston, M.A.; Toronto, O.N.: Little, Brown and Company, page 263

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   "Just show me what to do." Nodding and listening, still dangling the carkey, abruptly remembering. "Want it? You do drive, don't you? It's the old black Standard around the corner."

   1988, John Brunner, The Days of March, Worcester Park, Surrey: Kerosina Books, →ISBN, page 167

   I snapped my thumb against my carkeys. "You know I don't understand a word you're saying. Can I get my files back or not?"

   1994, Sara Paretsky, Tunnel Vision, London: Quality Paperbacks Direct, page 225

   I saw a youth on the platform, tossing and catching a bunch of carkeys like a gangster with a silver dollar.

   1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus, London: Arrow Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 62

   'Gimme your carkeys, your wallet, that nice watch, anything you got of value, and fast.'

   2000, Campbell Armstrong, Deadline, London: Corgi Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 8

   Stopped mid-dip just staring out at the voice in the room. Stopped and let myself think. Amazed under lights. Thinking, there it is. What I've been missing. My launchpad, my gatecard, my carkey, my doorbell.

   2007, Jana Martin, “Why I Got Fired”, in Russian Lover & Other Stories, Portland, O.R.: Yeti, →ISBN, page 71