key holing

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

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