Crossword-Solution: TURNKEY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Turnkey | n. | A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder. |
| Turnkey | n. | An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “TURNKEY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Certain prison guard | 1 answer |
| Delivered ready to use | 1 answer |
| Fully equipped and ready to go | 1 answer |
| Type of operation | 1 answer |
| gaoler | 3 answers |
| Gatekeeper | 6 answers |
| Warder | 8 answers |
| jailer | 13 answers |
| Janitor? | 13 answers |
| Warden | 27 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with TURNKEY (5)
Through gloomy vaults where the light of day had never shone, past hideous doors of dark dens and cages, down cavernous flights of steps, and again up steep rugged ascents of stone and brick, more like dry waterfalls than staircases, Defarge, the turnkey, and Jacques Three, linked hand and arm, went with all the speed they could make.
And to conclude, as I have not yet finished my toilet, I imagine the courtesy of a turnkey to a prisoner would induce you to withdraw.’ There was some paper on the table, and Otto, sitting down, wrote a passport in the name of Sir John Crabtree.
Two days before he was to be sent away, I got leave to see him in the prison, and in the presence of the turnkey I gave him a thin cake of gingerbread, in which there was a dainty saw which could cut through iron.
And therefore I only desire you to let me have threepence or sixpence a day till the sessions be over; then I shall be at liberty to shift for myself.'" To the best of his knowledge, said this turnkey, having told the money over, there were twenty moidores, eighteen guineas, five broad pieces, a half-broad piece, five crowns, and two or three shillings.
After speaking to the jailer, the magistrate turned to her and said, “The turnkey will take you to the prisoner’s cell and leave you there for the night, if you desire it, but you can’t have a light during the night—it is contrary to rules.
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Appears in: Crossroads, NYT, Universal.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1992–2015).