(idiomatic) To keep someone uninformed and waiting for a response.

Alternative spelling of bookkeeper

(cooking) A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.

(chiefly UK) To keep in practice.

(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, dated, euphemistic) To court. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To socialise.

(idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.

Beyond one's knowledge or understanding.

A lockpicking tool in the form of a key of the type generally used to open a lock, on which all pins have been cut down to the lowest position, so that striking this key sharply with a hammer while applying turning force at just the right instant after the impact will 'bump' open a lock.

plural of latch-key child

A thick-walled iron pot used in the small-scale manufacture of potash