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Definition of Picklocks
1. picklock [n] - See also: picklock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picklocks
Literary usage of Picklocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1820)
"In order to deceive those who may attempt to open the lock by means of picklocks,
slight indentations are cut upon the periphery of all the sectors so that ..."
2. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"As soon as he had properly studied the ground, the others were to go over in
force from Paris — picklocks and all — and away with my uncle's strongbox ! ..."
3. First Report (1839)
"Keys and picklocks are always in requisition, either to gain an entrance into a
... picklocks are used to gain an entrance into banking-houses, warehouses, ..."
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