night key

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noun

a key for a night latch.

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Origin of night key

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby night key

Nightingale, Florence, Nightingale ward, nightjar, night jasmine, Night Journey, night key, night latch, night letter, nightlife, night-light, night lizard

How to use night key in a sentence

Didn't me and the fellers have to cave in your door with a night-key wrench—sa-a-ay?
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1|Robert H. Newell
All my lodgers were in but one, a young gentleman who has a night-key.
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow|Anna Katharine Green
Mr. Stanford opened it with a night-key, and they entered, and went upstairs, still in silence.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters|May Agnes Fleming
Theodore applied his night-key, and with cat-like tread they moved across the hall, and the library door swung noiselessly open.
Three People|Pansy

The door is opened before he can turn the bolt with his night-key, and the whitest possible little hand presses his.
Daisy's Necklace|Thomas Bailey Aldrich