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Webster 1913 Edition


Picklock

Pick′lockˊ

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Noun.
1.
An instrument for picking locks.
Shak.
2.
One who picks locks; a thief.
“A picklock of secrets.”
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Picklock

PICK'LOCK

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Noun.
[pick and lock.] An instrument for opening locks without the key.
1.
A person who picks locks.

Definition 2024


picklock

picklock

English

Noun

picklock (plural picklocks)

  1. A device designed to pick locks.
    • 1623 (date of publication), William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act III,
      Marry, sir, he hath offended the law; and, sir, we take him to be a thief too, sir, for we have found upon him, sir, a strange picklock, which we have sent to the deputy.
  2. One who picks locks; a thief.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      A picklock of secrets.

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