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Definition of Key ring
1. Noun. A circular ring of metal for holding keys.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Key Ring
Literary usage of Key ring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"A beautiful gi>14 key-ring, found near Bologna, may very possibly have been one of
... Another fine gold key-ring, with wards formed of nine Greek crosses, ..."
2. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1849)
"I prepare two metal rings, a and ¡, of the shapes shown in plan, fig. 1, and
section, figs. 3 and 4. The one ring, a, which 1 call the key ring, ..."
3. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1895)
"Key-ring tire fastening Fig. 5342. A mode of securing the tire to the wheel,
composed of two rings, one of U-section, and the other nearly rectangular. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"A beautiful gold key-ring, found near Bologna, may very possibly have been one* of
... Another fine gold key-ring, with wards formed of nine Greek crosses, ..."
5. Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Greek, Etruscan by Frederick Henry Marshall, Cecil Harcourt Smith (1907)
"... wearing a key'ring on the middle joint of the fourth finger of her left
hand.4 The majority, however, of Roman key'rings are doubtless of a later date. ..."
6. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1903)
"key ring TIRE FASTENING. A mode of securing the tire to the wheel, composed of
two rings, one of U-section and the other nearly rectangular. ..."
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