Saturday, 17 October 2020

Fun with words: KEYHOLE


"You see," she explained, "he simply gets away with murder because he never mentions a name and he calls the column, Through the Keyhole. They can't ever get him for libel though plenty of people have tried... Oh he's a snake all right."

Quote from
The Bishop' Mantle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
© 1947 by Agnes Sligh Turnbull

The first known use of this word was in 1504, the meaning should be visible to the naked eye.

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