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
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
Any common blacksmith, with a picklock in his possession, laughed at the combined skill of the two houses of parliament.
From Practical Education, Volume I by Edgeworth, Maria
The picklock was at work again—working silently—working swiftly.
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
