Passe-partout | |
noun | 1. A master key.
2. A picture or photograph simply mounted between a piece of glass and a sheet of cardboard (or two pieces of glass) stuck together at the edges with adhesive tape. |
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| "Hotel housekeepers may use a passe-partout to open any guest room in the building." | "Only one of the security guards has a passe-partout to open all the doors." | "I want to frame the family reunion photo in a passe-partout." |
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| French, late 17th century |
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| In French, "passe-partout" translates to "passes everywhere," which makes a "passe-partout" far more literal in its home language than a similar English term, "skeleton key." ... | |
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