key of the street

noun

An imaginary item said to be possessed by anyone who is locked outdoors.

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Meanings

noun
  1. humorousAn imaginary item said to be possessed by anyone who is locked outdoors.

    And all his literary life Dickens had the vision of the boy who was given the "key of the street" when other boys are at school.

    1907, The Dublin Review, volume 141, page 290
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