Woodruff key

Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.
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By contrast, Solomon can tell us a great deal about what really changed the country—because at key moments, he was there.
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The second lesson is that no one writing before the twentieth century holds a key to our problems.
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As with so many things, keeping screen time in moderate amounts seems key.
Yes, Your Toddler Can Watch TV: The New Rules for Screen Time|Russell Saunders|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The opposition responded with a month-long Occupy Abay (like Occupy Wall St) campaign, in which Udaltsov was one of key figures.
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Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The girl smiled, and drew out a large key, and nodded, still smiling as she replaced it.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The friends were standing close to the wall; but on these sounds they moved away; and a key presently turned in the door.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for Woodruff key

Woodruff key

/ (ˈwʊdrʌf) /

noun engineering

a semicircular key restrained in a curved keyway in a shaft

Word Origin for Woodruff key

C19: named after the Woodruff Manufacturing Co, in Hartford, Connecticut, who first manufactured it in 1892

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