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单词 key-turner
释义 ˈkey-turner Obs.
A turnkey.
1607Dekker Knt.'s Conjur. (1842) 45 Hee's as surly as those Key-turners are.1618G. Mynshul Ess. Prison (1638) 29 The master of a prison is the primum mobile..and those key-turners and street-walkers are the petty and necessary slavish wheeles.1786J. Roberts Life 83 A piece of service I did him..officiating as key-turner, and preventing two notorious robbers from breaking out.
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