keys

/ (kiːz) /

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interjection

Scot dialect a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Word Origin for keys

origin uncertain

Words nearby keys

keypal, key plate, keypunch, key ring, keyring drive, keys, key scarf, Keyserling, key signature, keyslot, keysmash

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How to use keys in a sentence

Hands shaking… I found the right keys and locked the door bars.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival|Melanie Plenda|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last Thursday, the United Nations released a report that could provide us with one of the keys to defeating ISIS.
ISIS’s Gruesome Muslim Death Toll|Dean Obeidallah|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On April 25, 1941, the Gestapo moved into the building and I had to give all the keys to the Germans.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole|Anne Sinclair|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But M. Picard advised me against it and even added that it would be unwise to keep the keys.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole|Anne Sinclair|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at the window.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Tony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The keyboard had eleven, twelve, even thirteen keys in diatonic succession without semitones.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The pallets were connected to the keys by a series of levers, known as the tracker action.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller

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