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
Beneath the mask his face drew into chiselled lines, as the picklock silently locked the door.
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
I know them; I have the key, or the picklock to their minds.
From The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
