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
A picklock lay on the floor betraying how she had gained entrance in the night, and that was the only trace of her.
From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie
The workman had not made any reply, and the sergeant spoke again as a large picklock was thrust into the keyhole again and again.
From Witness to the Deed by Fenn, George Manville
