keys

/ kiːz /

interjection

1. dialect,  a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

Word History and Origins

Origin of keys¹

origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Instead of stars, hotels are given "keys", on a scale of one to three, based on criteria such as service, style and character.

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Currently, only the Enchant and Imagine keys, the latter for Southern California residents, are available for sale.

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Michael Carpenter was packing up after a camping trip in the Leicestershire countryside with a big group of friends earlier this year, when a woman in his party realised she'd lost her car keys.

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I had to take all these bags into the elevator, so I left my car out with the door open, engine on and keys in the car so I could take up my shopping.

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“Do you give the keys to the governor’s office to someone who hasn’t done this before?”

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