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Adjective: turnkey  'turn,kee
  1. (of a product or service) ready to use upon delivery
    "several networks offer their own turnkey systems"
Noun: turnkey  'turn,kee
Usage: archaic
  1. Someone who guards prisoners
    "The turnkey patrolled the cellblock during his night shift";
    - prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler [Brit], screw [informal], kanga [Austral, informal], prison officer [Brit], prison warder [Brit]

Derived forms: turnkeys

Type of: keeper, law officer, peace officer

Encyclopedia: Turnkey