| 单词 | skeleton key |
| 例句 | Only a professional, using a specialized "skeleton key," could have turned that lock, Gordievsky thought. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At this Boori Ma shook the free end of her sari and made her skeleton keys rattle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to know about the skeleton key, the last remaining memento from the Lucky Bill cigar box. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “And that being the case, it should be no surprise that it does not understand the secret language. The skeleton key does not fit.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I remembered that the letter mentioned the silver dollar, fishing lure, and skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Now,” he said, “friend John, where are the skeleton keys? If so that we can open the door, we need not break house by the window, as before at Miss Lucy’s.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “It's the secret language they all understand. Do you see? It's the skeleton key that unlocks every door.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They hold up his key ring and count seven different skeleton keys. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Alaric pursed his lips and looked around before opening a drawer behind him with a skeleton key. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Two servants present dainty skeleton keys nestled onto a velvet board. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And lots of things I’ve collected: shells, rocks, a tiny glass elephant, a blackened old skeleton key my grandmother found in a chest but which unlocks nothing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When she looked, the rest of her life savings and her skeleton keys were gone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I gave him his box of mementos and watched as he fingered each one: the Wiggle King fishing lure, the silver dollar, the cork, little Eva’s nesting doll, and the skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My Liberty Head silver dollar, fishing lure, and skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Written in the late 1980s, in terse staccato prose, that list is the skeleton key to the rest of her work. A New Story Collection and a Memoir by Lucia Berlin, Patron Saint of Soulful Cool 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s the skeleton key to that show, and many of the rest of its jokes provide evidence for her claim. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Those looking for a felt skeleton key to unlock his various idiosyncrasies aren’t likely to find one. Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z She may be the youngest person on the BRW Young Rich list in 2016, but to her followers she’s an angel and a salesperson, the skeleton key to achieving their goals. Challenging the so-called “health” challenge: Our obsession with the “before” and “after” body transformation 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z But there’s a curious phrase, a skeleton key to something, that appears on page 127 of the memoir. Ann Romney can feel Hillary Clinton’s pain 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z However, it is possible to get replacement skeleton keys made by going to some locksmiths with storefront offices. How to install new wallpaper over old 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “The Comeback,” a caustic skeleton key to television. Great TV 2014: Not a List, Not in Order 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Benji also manages to open a door with a skeleton key and execute the time-honored gag of jumping on a garbage pail, then onto a Dumpster top, then to a fire-escape ladder, with great aplomb. A (Shaggy) Star Is Reborn: Netflix Brings Us a New ‘Benji’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z As you’ve probably discovered, many locksmiths are happy to replace door locks that use skeleton keys. How to install new wallpaper over old 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Larry Cosares, a locksmith there, was featured in an article by This Old House on how to make a replacement skeleton key. How to install new wallpaper over old 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Introducing the 688-page biography this way seems designed to address Musk’s recent turn towards combativeness and cruelty — if not justifying it, then offering a skeleton key to understanding where it’s rooted. Let's put a stake in the 'great man' biography — starting with Isaacson's 'Elon Musk' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “Microsoft should not have had a single skeleton key that, when inevitably stolen, could be used to forge access to different customers’ private communications.” Microsoft’s role in email breach to be part of cyber inquiry 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z These attach to the surfaces of human cells and, akin to skeleton keys, permit the pathogens to enter. How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for coronavirus’s origins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The virus uses its spike protein like a skeleton key to ease open cells. Scientists begin to unravel the mysteries of the coronavirus and brains 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Skowronek doesn’t present his theory as a skeleton key to history. Opinion | The First Post-Reagan Presidency 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The skeleton key of global cabal theory unlocks all the world’s mysteries and offers me entree into an exclusive circle — the group of people who understand. Opinion | When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps the real story was buried in the mystery of this in-law, that he might be the skeleton key to explain this strange, sleepy township. Looking for something new to read? Fall into ‘The Hole’ and 2 other new, translated fiction books 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z An official from state security let him back in with a skeleton key. How cold war spymasters found arrogance of Carlos the Jackal too hot to handle 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Holmes, to borrow King’s metaphor, is a skeleton key on which many versions can, and do, hang. Column: Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell are getting me through COVID-19. They can help you too 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Advocates see this new “Earth jurisprudence” as a skeleton key to unlock a shift away from the endless pursuit of economic growth, regardless of the ecological consequences. Mother Earth's MeToo moment: English town joins campaign for... 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z "And in this narrative — this moment — if the skeleton key suddenly were to emerge, it would, I think, make impeachment proceedings absolutely inevitable starting this fall," he continued. Trump's Deutsche Bank loans co-signed by Russian oligarchs: report 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Up to 2% of passwords found on any one site work elsewhere, according to the security company SpyCloud Inc. That can turn a single $100 record into a valuable skeleton key for a buyer. Thieves Can Now Nab Your Data in a Few Minutes for a Few Bucks 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z He turned a rusted screwdriver into a skeleton key to the movable city. Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “It gave me a skeleton key on which to hang all sorts of characters,” she says. Column: Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell are getting me through COVID-19. They can help you too 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z For the coach, he’s a walking, talking, rocking skeleton key to that other world. 'Back in black' with Raiders' rock star coach, Jon Gruden 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Over the years, Crosby has built a complete game, and his collection of skills makes him a skeleton key in skates. The subtle secret to Sidney Crosby’s greatness 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z As a reference point, the Bible is a skeleton key that unlocks hundreds of years of culture, from Shakespeare to Kehinde Wiley. Opinion | Even atheists should read the Bible 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The data they collect include birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers and even Social Security numbers — the skeleton keys to your financial life. Data breach aftermath 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “Free Fire” is not Wheatley’s best film, but it is a rollicking good time and, more important, an inadvertent skeleton key to thinking about and understanding the rest of his films. With relentless action, 'Free Fire' takes comic aim at the foibles of men 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Apple objected, on the ground that doing so would undermine the security of its own products and that, once created, such a digital “skeleton key” would pose a risk to every iPhone in existence. That’s the way to do it 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet Buffett's love affair with buy-and-hold doesn't represent a skeleton key to riches: If it did, there would be no trail of decimated portfolios on the path away from the trading pit. Why Warren Buffett Loves Buy-and-Hold Stocks 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The best analogy is with locks: the bill requires either unlocked doors, a central repository of skeleton keys, or locks deliberately designed to be picked with a paperclip. Scrambled regs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The next sentence Williams utters may be a skeleton key, a thought or phrase that slides open the tumblers. Capitals Hope Justin Williams Is the Charm to End Their Playoff Hex 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z He said that supported the government’s argument that it was not seeking a skeleton key to hack into all iPhones. Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z "You wouldn't let the government have a skeleton key to every home." Encryption's tight grip on tech devices 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Apple has refused to comply, saying the order to create such software, effectively a skeleton key, for one iPhone would in fact leave all iPhones vulnerable and make encryption a dead letter. The NYPD’s “Big Brother” problem is getting even worse 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The court also ordered Apple to build special software that would essentially act as a skeleton key capable of unlocking the phone. Apple Chief Calls Court Order to Unlock iPhone ‘Unprecedented Step’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The fire consumed priceless family artifacts: photographs; his grandfather’s horse-drawn sleigh; a hand-cranked phone from the 1940s; the brass skeleton key to the original smokehouse his grandfather built. Fire at Virginia Smokehouse Leaves Pork-to-Table Movement Reeling 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The mistake provided attackers with “a sort of skeleton key to anything and everything on the router”, according to Sophos’ Paul Ducklin. Shockingly Simple Flaw Leaves 'Millions Of Home Routers Open To Attack' 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Tonight, the statue is like a skeleton key. Oscars not diverse enough? Vanity Fair after-party had beautiful people of all colors 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z There is no single skeleton key that unlocks all the mysteries and miseries that have mortified Washington’s NFL team for the last 15 seasons. From owner to coach to quarterback, the common theme in Washington is desperation But when you share a password with more than one account, you’re essentially creating a skeleton key. If eBay Was Breached, What About PayPal? - Digits - WSJ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The skeleton key represents power, choice, and liberation. The Least Likely Partnership in Business 2013-04-08T14:00:00Z In my hands: A bundle of skeleton keys that may or may not open the various drawers and doors around me. Theater For The Video Game Generation 2012-10-29T21:58:50Z Producing a skeleton key from his pocket, he succeeded in opening the lock, and then turned out the complete contents of the bag upon the floor. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He had provided himself with a bunch of skeleton keys. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z And one an English home—lantern-light poured On a forced safe, skeleton keys, Whilst gloating o'er the family plate there stored, Glowered the murderer, Peace. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z "Thus assured, I fitted one of the skeleton keys." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Crabb produced a bunch of skeleton keys and an electric bull’s-eye. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Closing the door softly—the same having been opened with a skeleton key—Ned stepped across the room to the writing desk which he had examined on that other night. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z He did not say how he and his companions entered the Steinheil house, but I understand that he had some skeleton keys, a crowbar, a revolver, and an electric lantern.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The door was locked and the old detective getting out his skeleton keys went at the job of opening it vigorously. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Aided again by my skeleton keys, I hurriedly opened and searched the two valises. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z They were so deep in thought that neither of them heard the turning of a skeleton key in the latch and the opening of the door. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Old King Brady got his skeleton keys into business and succeeded in opening the right-hand door. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z It is equipped with a skeleton key lock which usually tends to deny rapid entry or exits; if one persists, the door will eventually open. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z "Yes, and I think it is the one," replied Old King Brady, again working his skeleton keys. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Thus emboldened, I fitted one of the skeleton keys, and was soon within the room, making a hasty survey of Dimber Joe's effects. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z To wipe your feet carefully on the common doormat before letting yourself in another's premises with a skeleton key. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z He might, indeed, have managed to open it if he had been left his skeleton keys. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z Holes gained admittance by means of his skeleton key. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z She thanked him and left; in a moment Leggett joined the old detective who in the meantime had unlocked the door with his skeleton keys. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z A few minutes’ examination disposed of the pigeon-holes—and the skeleton keys came into service again on a little locked drawer. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z And so are they, jemmies, cold chisels, skeleton keys—in short, every implement of the cracksman's calling. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z That he has the apartment’s original skeleton key, handed down from tenant to tenant, underscores this belief. Message From a Stranger 2011-04-08T17:39:24Z And so are they, jemmies, cold chisels, skeleton keys—in short, every implement of the cracksman’s calling. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Producing his skeleton keys, he easily mastered the lock. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z From his pocket Whitie Jack produced a bunch of what were evidently skeleton keys; and, trying first one and then another, finally opened the door. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z “Allow me to keep that secret to myself,” answered Billy Bowsprit, with a smile, holding out in his hand at the same time, however, several skeleton keys. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z I have no I doubt that they would find in his possession skeleton keys and a considerable sum of money, unless he has been prudent enough to conceal them during his absence from the castle. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z I borrowed a skeleton key and sent my servant—a man I had hired—to search your room and bring me the piece of coral. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z He went on to explain about Alice, and this while he was trying his skeleton keys. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z He was working now with Whitie Jack’s skeleton keys at the rear door. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z But some mimics are better than others and may even, like skeleton keys, act on a variety of locks. Another Plastics Ingredient Raises Safety Concerns 2010-05-19T19:32:00Z What the device DID mean was that the traditional video game means of barring a player's progress – the ubiquitous locked door – couldn't be used: the sonic screwdriver is a skeleton key. Doctor Who Adventures: first episode, The City of the Daleks, revealed 2010-04-22T08:02:00Z Davidson was trying to open the door of the room where Fleming had been shot, with a skeleton key. The Window at the White Cat He called first at the Stockton street house and entered the Doctor's room with a skeleton key. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z To these he added the electric flashlight that Whitie Jack had procured for him that morning, and, from where they dangled in the lock of the door, Whitie Jack’s bunch of skeleton keys. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z She brought her story down to the moment of their capture, not forgetting to tell how they had effected their entrance by means of skeleton keys. The Gay Adventure A Romance “He simply walked down the hall, told the boy to go on an errand, and then used a skeleton key on your door.” Janet Hardy in Radio City Therefore, with infinite care not to make a sound, he drew from his pocket some skeleton keys, one of which slid back the bolt, and in a moment we were within. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Old King Brady pocketed the letters and proceeded to examine a trunk, which he opened with a skeleton key. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z A skeleton key from Whitie Jack’s comprehensive assortment crept into the lock. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z This key is what the locksmith calls a skeleton key. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Amor Virtutis is informed that we cannot tell him where to get skeleton keys made. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) It's my belief,' says he, 'that women carry skeleton keys to keep the run o' their husband's private affairs.' The Land of Long Ago Witches can get into any room through a keyhole—especially if they have the assistance of a skeleton key. Pretty Michal Billy Kane drew Whitie Jack’s bunch of skeleton keys from his pocket, and, crouching now low down in front of the door, inserted one of the keys in the lock. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Here are bunches of skeleton keys which, in the hands of experts, will open any ordinary lock in the world. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police An outside thief would have had a skeleton key, or simply pried it open with a jimmy. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The men and women under arrest have used a powerful automobile in going about the city, robbing the slot boxes with skeleton keys and files. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories One might have fancied that gloves were a kind of passport, or perhaps a skeleton key guaranteed to open principals' doors. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography He rapped again; and then his skeleton keys came into play. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z He had a skeleton key which would readily have opened the door had the key not been in the lock on the inside. Mark Mason's Victory He felt the skeleton key in his palm and flipped the shield off for a second; then the key was in the lock, the shield back on, protecting him. Sight Gag Out of a pocket came several articles best known to the “profession”––a piece of stiff wire, a skeleton key and other paraphernalia calculated to reduce the obstinate mechanism to submission. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Therefore, without further ado, Ralph knelt down at the lock, and with “The Eel” holding the little lamp, he commenced to attack the fastening with his skeleton keys. The White Lie Mechanically his hand went toward his pocket for his skeleton keys, but stopped halfway as, turning suddenly, he raced back upstairs. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The thief had entered the apartments by means of a skeleton key, for most of the doors had been locked. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage Never travels without his tools, you know, skeleton keys, and all that, and he'll be in the house before you can wink an eye. Cleek, the Master Detective How could it have been opened save with a skeleton key. The New Tenant By the aid of skeleton keys he unlocked the door, and bade the prisoner come forth. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston Billy Kane walked coolly to the door, took the skeleton key from the inside of the lock, and fitted it again to the outside. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Forrest took a bunch of skeleton keys from the bag Laver had handed to him and dangled them before his eyes. The Motor Pirate When I left you last night, Dollops and I went down to the mummy chamber, and a skeleton key soon let us in. Cleek, the Master Detective I have suspected him of possessing a skeleton key to my apartments. Anna the Adventuress Either they found her door unlocked, or they were prepared with skeleton keys. The Diamond Coterie He took an electric lantern from his pocket, as well as a skeleton key which he always carried. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective And that is that I won't enjoy myself one bit till we make those men stop following us around and trying to get into our room with skeleton keys. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves He unfastens the door with his skeleton key, lights a burner in the hallway and a safety lamp which he carries with him. Floyd Grandon's Honor At any rate, he had chosen a propitious moment, provided himself with a skeleton key, and carried Lola away in the waiting motor car. Walter and the Wireless Then taking from his pocket a skeleton key and a long thin roll of wire he crept to Koltsoff's door, which he had marked in the afternoon. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Here it was dark as could be, but Josie drew some skeleton keys from her pocket and slid them, one by one, into the lock. Mary Louise in the Country Then a skeleton key had been used, for there was the key in the lock at this moment. Three People "There are such things as skeleton keys," commented the detective. The Hand in the Dark Durkin knew it was already too late to file and fit a skeleton key. Phantom Wires A Novel Robert Cairn reclosed the door, snapped the padlock fast, and began to fumble with the skeleton keys with which they had come provided. Brood of the Witch-Queen With an oath, Dundee used his skeleton key to release the Yale lock with which the front door was equipped. Murder at Bridge From his pocket the range-rider took a bunch of skeleton keys. Steve Yeager "Or the doors could be opened with a skeleton key!" quavered Nora. A Popular Schoolgirl The skeleton keys of a master crook obviously opened the door to the premises themselves, and soup was used to crack the safe. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame He tried a number of keys to no account, and was thinking of giving up his researches for the day until he had procured a skeleton key, when at last the lock gave way. The House of the Vampire The door to the cellar was locked, but the police chief, with a skeleton key, soon had the lock forced. The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep Without your knowing it, he always carried a bunch o' first-class skeleton keys. The Voice in the Fog "Unless it was entered with a skeleton key." Polly of the Hospital Staff Sometimes, too, in their nervous workings, they drooped together like a bunch of skeleton keys. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others Since that day I have respected the high calling of burglary and regard with favor the daring knights of the skeleton key. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Skeleton Key Unavailing Golden opportunities to succeed in a particular business cannot be unlocked with a skeleton key of knowledge about human nature. Certain Success A long time since he had seen a finer collection of skeleton keys, thin and flat and thick and short, smooth and notched, each a gem of its kind. The Voice in the Fog During the absence of this young man at the gaming table, Jim and his friend, Sam Weaver, had got into his room with a skeleton key and searched it thoroughly. Mavericks When I left you last night, Dollops and I went down to the mummy-chamber, and a skeleton key soon let us in. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces The theft au bonjour, is effected without violence, without skeleton keys, without burglariously entering. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 Thorndyke took a last glance, with his hand in his pocket, at an open window above, and then, to the coachman's intense delight, brought forth what looked uncommonly like a small bunch of skeleton keys. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman It had a curious lock, which no other key than its own would fit—a lock that would have baffled even a "cracksman" and his whole bunch of skeleton keys. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Nevertheless Fielding hugged this particular simile, applying it as a sort of skeleton key to the problem of Stephen Drake's career. The Philanderers Never travels without his tools, you know—skeleton keys, and all that—and he'll be in the house before you can wink an eye. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces "I'll put it this way," the latter replied: "Resolved, that mathematics is more useful to a detective than a flashlight or a skeleton key." The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands Half an hour later, as we rose from a rapid breakfast, Polton came into the room, carrying a small roll-up case of tools and a bunch of skeleton keys. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman He made a skeleton key with which he gained access to a loft where were stored valuable goods. Analyzing Character In a drawer of the desk, which he opened with a skeleton key, he found many small leaflets printed in Mexican. Starr, of the Desert One of the men held an electric bulls-eye lamp, the light of which was focussed on the keyhole of the jewel-compartment, into which another had just introduced a skeleton key. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta He set the trunk upon the floor and snapped back the lock with a skeleton key. The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories The inspector grinned and went out, regarding me with a quivering eyelid as Thorndyke locked the door with his skeleton key. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman "Don't you think—perhaps"—a little ripple of laughter passed across his mind—"he had a skeleton key?" Love and Mr. Lewisham In New York man disposed to enter for the purpose of robbery would have a skeleton key. Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron Some there are who craftily open the door with a skeleton key; some who ruthlessly batter the panels; some who achieve only a wax impression, which proves to be useless. Cheerful—By Request I'm a good deal of burglar; I always carry a skeleton key in my pocket—it will unlock almost anything. Polly and the Princess When arrested he had a bunch of skeleton keys in one pocket a heavy chisel in another, and a short crowbar in his hand: neither more nor less than a burglar. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Quietly he inserted a slim, skeleton key in the lock of the door. Son of Tarzan And there was no need for the skeleton key after all; the boy opened the outer door with one of his own, and switched on the lights before leaving us. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman "I thought so," muttered Raffles, handing me the lantern, and pocketing a bunch of skeleton keys, after tampering for a few minutes with the lock. The Amateur Cracksman "She told me you were out, and that your door would be locked; but I said I had a skeleton key in my pocket, and went on." Polly and the Princess These tools consisted of ten in all—a skeleton key, two pick-locks, a centre-bit, gimlet, gouge, chisel, vice jemmy and knife; a portable ladder, a revolver and life preserver completed his equipment. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Dr. Seward tried one or two skeleton keys, his mechanical dexterity as a surgeon standing him in good stead. Dracula "Smugglers, I suppose," said Hilda, smiling down at her small brother, "would be provided with skeleton keys." The Slave of the Lamp He withdrew his arm, a skeleton key was selected from the bunch, and then back went his arm to the shoulder. The Amateur Cracksman Had they forced his winder?—had they took a skeleton key to his door?—had they come down the chimbley? The Channings A find of value and one to save her a deal of trouble: skeleton keys are so exasperatingly slow, particularly when used by inexpert hands. The Brass Bowl Then the foreign gent produced his skeleton keys, and after several ineffective trials, opened the door softly and revealed the glittering booty. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Prayer is a skeleton key that opens unexpected doors. An Ambitious Man I heard the heart throbbing in my body, the very watch ticking in my pocket, and ever and anon the tinkle-tinkle of the skeleton key. The Amateur Cracksman Further evidence of the success of the U-boat starvation campaign has been thoughtlessly afforded the German Press by a London newspaper which has announced that burglars are now using practically nothing but skeleton keys. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917 And a small white hand gestured significantly toward the collection of burglar's tools,— drills and chisels, skeleton keys, putty, and all,—neatly displayed upon the rug before the massive safe. The Brass Bowl To pick the lock of the Law he needed a skeleton key. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness Ergo, the apostle of the jemmy and the skeleton key must still be in the house. The Head of Kay's Now, however, with his clumsy skeleton key he set to work poking about in the lock as eagerly as any marauder trying to effect an illicit entrance to a rich trove. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest A skeleton key had provided the means of admission to the room; a brave heart and cunning brain did the rest. The Rose in the Ring Sir Andrew Ffoulkes was working with a file on the padlocks of the oak chest, and Sir Percy Blakeney, with a bunch of skeleton keys, was opening the drawers of the writing- desk. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue One was found with a large bundle of skeleton keys in his pocket and several candles, while a partially consumed candle lay upon the floor. Courts and Criminals With a hasty glance up and down the corridor, to make sure no one was about, Kennedy came to room 509, then passed to the next, 511, opening the door with a skeleton key. The Exploits of Elaine Quickly, he took from his pocket a skeleton key and unlocked it. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" He had already introduced a skeleton key into the lock, when a loud exclamation was heard from the crowd outside the gate. The Widow Lerouge This was the Palace of the Bishop of Wodgate, and here with his arms bare and black, he worked at those locks, which defied any skeleton key that was not made by himself. Sybil, or the Two Nations He locked the door of the closet with a skeleton key, and went his way to fetch the Countess home. A Group of Noble Dames The skeleton key would not work, at any rate. The Exploits of Elaine It was bolted and even the skeleton key was unavailing to slide the bolt. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" The door had been opened by a skeleton key, and as the building was deserted on Sunday, there had been no chance of interference with the thief. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories The gentleman who has been here had a skeleton key to my safe. Havoc "In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys," said Sperry. Sight Unseen Just then, two other crooks, who had let themselves in by the skeleton key through the basement jumped into the room through that door covering us. The Exploits of Elaine Yes, it was here—at least the flashlight was, and so were the skeleton keys. The White Moll It is not every country, indeed, which provides four hundred empty houses, every autumn, for the convenience of any unlodged night-editor with a skeleton key, who comes along. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Jimmie Dale restored the skeleton keys and a little steel instrument that accompanied them to his pocket—and quietly opened the door. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale She had never actually used a skeleton key in her life before, and... The White Moll It would take her but a moment, then, unless the skeleton keys gave her trouble. The White Moll She would need the skeleton keys in order to get into old Luertz's place, and, yes, she would need a flashlight, too. The White Moll She felt in her pocket for her skeleton keys, for she had not been unprepared for just such an emergency, but the Sparrow brushed her aside. The White Moll |
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