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
But it was not at him that Tommy pointed reassuringly; it was at the monster church key, half of which protruded from his tail pocket and waggled like the hilt of a sword.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
"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
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
