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
What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?
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
The picklock was at work again—working silently—working swiftly.
From The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner—Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; p. 291they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes
