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Webster 1913 Edition
Picklock
Pick′lockˊ
,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
,Noun.
1.
A person who picks locks.Definition 2024
picklock
picklock
English
Noun
picklock (plural picklocks)
- 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.
- 1623 (date of publication), William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act III,
- One who picks locks; a thief.
- Jeremy Taylor
- A picklock of secrets.
- Jeremy Taylor
Synonyms
Translations
device designed to pick locks