key of the street
English
Noun
key of the street
- (humorous) An imaginary item said to be possessed by anyone who is locked outdoors.
- 1907, The Dublin Review (volume 141, page 290)
- And all his literary life Dickens had the vision of the boy who was given the "key of the street" when other boys are at school.
- 1907, The Dublin Review (volume 141, page 290)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary