picklock
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What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?
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
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
"Try again," whispered the count, who depended on the secret spring, which was unknown to the picklock, clever as he might be—"try again, you have a few minutes' work there."
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
Now I could distinctly hear someone fumbling gently at the keyhole, apparently with a picklock.
From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
