Keymistress
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A woman in charge of a key or keys.
"Attempting to recapture the mood, two weeks after returning to Australia, we paid $6 for a scoop of the salty black hundreds-and-thousands lumpfish roe they call “caviar” in this country (that is, unless you summon the keymistress to unlock the treasures in David Jones Food Hall refrigerator and reach in with white gloves for a minuscule tin of the real stuff, which costs a week’s wage)."
Example
More examples"Attempting to recapture the mood, two weeks after returning to Australia, we paid $6 for a scoop of the salty black hundreds-and-thousands lumpfish roe they call “caviar” in this country (that is, unless you summon the keymistress to unlock the treasures in David Jones Food Hall refrigerator and reach in with white gloves for a minuscule tin of the real stuff, which costs a week’s wage)."
Etymology
From key + mistress.
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