keytainer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of key +‎ container, originally a trademark.

Noun[edit]

keytainer (plural keytainers)

  1. A small portable case for a person's keys.
    • 2005, Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, A New Omnibus of Crime, page 76:
      And in my mind I was looking at something else, a set of brand-new car keys in a keytainer stamped: “The Packard House,” upstairs, in a dead man's pocket.