picklock
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The cockiest picklock in the U. S. last week signed a Europe-bound steamship's register: Charles Courtney, New York.
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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."
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What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner—Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; p. 291they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes
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)
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