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Picklock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device designed to pick locks.

    "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. 2
    One who picks locks; a thief.

    "1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets"

Etymology

From pick + lock.

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