picklock
Origin of picklock
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How to use picklock in a sentence
For what need she to have desir'd you to bring Picklocks to open the Cabinet withal, when as the Key of it was in her keeping?
The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life | AnonymousA woman ain't to be forced—I don't care how many keys and picklocks you have.
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de KockWho could know such a thing, when there are almost more Chamberlains than picklocks among us?
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas CarlyleHe and Cat looked at the chest: it was small, but mighty strong, sure enough, and would defy picklocks and thieves.
Catherine: A Story | William Makepeace ThackerayPlunging my hands into his coat-pocket, I pulled out a bundle of picklocks.
At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts | James McLevy
British Dictionary definitions for picklock
/ (ˈpɪkˌlɒk) /
a person who picks locks, esp one who gains unlawful access to premises by this means
an instrument for picking locks
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