picklock
Example Sentences
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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
The picklock was at work again—working silently—working swiftly.
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
Oddly enough the picklock to the captives' minds had been produced by the dolphins.
From Key Out of Time by Andre Norton
