picklock
Example Sentences
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The cockiest picklock in the U. S. last week signed a Europe-bound steamship's register: Charles Courtney, New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Go out from here, you picklock of dying men's doors!'
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de
I tested the locks and found them perfect; there were no marks or indications of any picklock having been used.
From The Red Thumb Mark by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
