key holing

key holing
 n.— «Some Lake Ponemah residents opposed the project, citing concerns about added traffic and “key holing,” the term for people who don’t live directly on a lake gaining lake access. Not all of the condos have lake frontage.» —“Lake Ponemah condos approved” by Bob Wheaton Flint Journal (Mich.) Sept. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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