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Padlocks hung on the doors to the indoor viewing areas.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2015

He read the title out loud: “‘Louie the Locksmith’s Big Book of Padlocks, Dead Bolts, and Tumblers’?”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Nails, to two inches 40 " " Padlocks, brass 250 " "     "          iron 180 " " Pearl Barley 400 " arroba.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

Padlocks: A dozen padlocks, for they are not to be found here.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Padlocks as large as horse-shoes, corroded by rust and rendered absolutely impracticable by age, confronted us.

From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr