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View synonyms for turnkey
turnkey
[ turn-kee ]
adjective
- Also turn-key. of, relating to, or resulting from an arrangement under which a private contractor designs and constructs a project, building, etc., for sale when completely ready for occupancy or operation:
turn-key housing, turnkey contract.
- fully equipped; ready to go into operation:
a turnkey business.
turnkey
/ ˈtɜːnˌkiː /
noun
- archaic.a keeper of the keys, esp in a prison; warder or jailer
adjective
- denoting a project, as in civil engineering, in which a single contractor has responsibility for the complete job from the start to the time of installation or occupancy
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Silently the turnkey passes the cell, like a flitting mystery casting its shadow athwart a troubled soul.
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"Wery probable," says the turnkey, smoking his pipe wery fierce, and making believe he warn't up to wot the little man wanted.
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He had not many visitors, and his only attendant was a prisoner, who was appointed for that purpose by the turnkey.
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The turnkey withdrew to a discreet distance, where he remained within call, yet beyond the range of ordinary conversation.
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Breathless, exhausted, the free baron marked the conflict now transferred to the turnkey and the jester.
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