church key

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The pie makes my mouth dry and I think I’ll have a nice drink of ginger ale till I realize you have to have some class of a church key to lift off the cap.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 15, 1999

"That's not the church key," said Lewis, staring at the one just hung up.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

He gave her the church key to take home.

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

The church key reminds him that “it is my sin that locks his handes,” and the stones of the floor are patience and humility, while the cement that binds them together is love and charity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Hunt just glanced upwards, and saw it was the veritable church key.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry