picklock
Noun
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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.
- a picklock of secrets
- German: Dietrich
- Russian: отмы́чка
- Spanish: ganzúa
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