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spring lock

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spring⋅lock

[spring-lok]
–noun
a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.

Origin:
1475–85; spring + lock 1
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spring lock  
n.  A lock in which the bolt shoots automatically by means of a spring.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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