keytainer

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noun

A small portable case for a person's keys.

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Meanings

nounkeytainer (plural keytainers)

plural keytainers

  1. A small portable case for a person's keys.

    And in my mind I was looking at something else, a set of brand-new car keys in a keytainer stamped: “The Packard House,” upstairs, in a dead man's pocket.

    2005, Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, A New Omnibus of Crime, page 76

Origin

Blend of key + container, originally a trademark.

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APA

keytainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytainer

MLA

“keytainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keytainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keytainer.

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