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skeleton key

key that has been filed or cut to create a master that can be used to unlock a variety of warded locks
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skeleton key

Summary

skeleton key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • skeleton key's subclass of is recorded as master key[2].
  • skeleton key's Commons category is recorded as Skeleton keys[3].
  • skeleton key's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vkdyr[4].
  • skeleton key's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300079089[5].
  • skeleton key's Iconclass notation is recorded as 41A32811[6].
  • skeleton key's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1218dn1p[7].
  • skeleton key's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 103642[8].

Why It Matters

skeleton key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). skeleton key. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/skeleton-key
MLA “skeleton key.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/skeleton-key.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_skeleton-key_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{skeleton key}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/skeleton-key}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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