without keys
adj.— «He was homeless—without even a car to sleep in. He was, in homeless parlance—”without keys.”» —“Giving homeless vets new hope” by Louise Continelli Buffalo News (N.Y.) Nov. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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