[Sca-cooks] Church Key was A Knife Problem

[Johnna Holloway]

I came across in the Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins
By William Morris, Mary Morris
Published by Harper & Row, 1967
where it indicates that it dates back to the brewery industry.
Wish the Dictionary of American Slang and the Dictionary of American 
Regional English (/DARE)
were online! That would the places to look.

Johnnae


Carol Smith wrote:
> I believe that the "church key" symbolism is actually the keys to Heaven (and possibly Hell).
>  
> Regards,
> Brekke<snipped> 
>