Key
Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.
Padlocks
Both words in one sentence
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The doors of many apartments and hotel rooms behave like most padlocks: The key isn't necessary to lock them (simply closing them is enough), making it very easy to lock the keys inside.
Source: The Key Is Behind the Lock -
In an exaggerated bid to childproof the cottage, she fastens the kitchen cabinet doors so securely that no one can open them, padlocks the medicine cabinet and misplaces the key, and covers the edges of the coffee and end tables with miles of cotton batting.
Source: Nervous Wreck
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