picklock
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Der Spiegel's disclosure that an expert picklock from Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's federal intelligence service had helped in the break-in enhanced the impression of a "Watergate am Rhine."
From Time Magazine Archive
What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?
From Time Magazine Archive
The cockiest picklock in the U. S. last week signed a Europe-bound steamship's register: Charles Courtney, New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
A picklock lay on the floor betraying how she had gained entrance in the night, and that was the only trace of her.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
As he spoke he drew a picklock from his pocket—his father was an ironmonger—deliberately opened the schoolroom door, slipped out, and locked it behind him.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald
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