Key
Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.
Padlock
Padlock noun - A detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut.
Nearby Words: padlocked, padlocking
Both words in one sentence
- Clearly no one in the UNSC ever thought to use a simple key and padlock system, which can at least be smashed off in an emergency... like when genocidal aliens are invading.
Source: Where's My Gun? -
She then swallows the key to the padlock on the chain, and after the bad guy learns his Green Aesop, she expels it on command by hiccuping.
Source: Swallow the Key -
However, the producers ruled that because the contestant didn't get the key into the padlock fully when the timer ran out, the victory didn't count, which robbed the contestant of a new car.
Source: Series / Let's Make a Deal
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