(slang) A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.
On olive oil in casks, twenty cents per gallon; olive salad oil in bottles or betties, thirty per centum ad valorem
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(slang) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
After a quick meal at a tea shop, we found ourselves in the hallway at the Midland Hotel, where he removed a skeleton key, or “betty” as he called it, from his pocket and inserted it in the keyhole. Once they were out of sight, I fumbled…
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(archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; (originally) an effeminate or gay man.
A pie-size betty is traditional, but if you like, assemble the recipe in individual ovenproof ramekins.
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