"carkey" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carkeys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carkey (plural carkeys)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of car key. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: car key
    Sense id: en-carkey-en-noun-gcTFDkDz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Jingling carkeys christmasbell tinkling.",
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          "ref": "1988, John Brunner, The Days of March, Worcester Park, Surrey: Kerosina Books, page 167",
          "text": "\"Just show me what to do.\" Nodding and listening, still dangling the carkey, abruptly remembering. \"Want it? You do drive, don't you? It's the old black Standard around the corner.\"",
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          "ref": "1994, Sara Paretsky, Tunnel Vision, London: Quality Paperbacks Direct, page 225",
          "text": "I snapped my thumb against my carkeys. \"You know I don't understand a word you're saying. Can I get my files back or not?\"",
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          "ref": "1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus, London: Arrow Books, published 2004, page 62",
          "text": "I saw a youth on the platform, tossing and catching a bunch of carkeys like a gangster with a silver dollar.",
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          "ref": "2000, Campbell Armstrong, Deadline, London: Corgi Books, published 2001, page 8",
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          "ref": "2007, Jana Martin, “Why I Got Fired”, in Russian Lover & Other Stories, Portland, O.R.: Yeti, page 71",
          "text": "Stopped mid-dip just staring out at the voice in the room. Stopped and let myself think. Amazed under lights. Thinking, there it is. What I've been missing. My launchpad, my gatecard, my carkey, my doorbell.",
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