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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def skip_item_key(self, item, key):
 """Add the key to the item's "skip" list """

        if "skip" in item:
            item["skip"].append(key)
        else:
            item["skip"] = [key]
        return item