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picklock

[pik-lok] / ˈpɪkˌlɒk /


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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

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

Oddly enough the picklock to the captives' minds had been produced by the dolphins.

From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre

The picklock on the bedroom floor remained the one last useless trace of the Dream-Woman.

From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie




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