picklock

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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 cockiest picklock in the U. S. last week signed a Europe-bound steamship's register: Charles Courtney, New York.

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

Then, in the coolest manner possible, he took the other’s place, and tried key after key, picklock after picklock, and ended by throwing all into the bag with a growl of disgust.

From The Dark House A Knot Unravelled by Fenn, George Manville