Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who picks locks, especially a thief.
- noun An instrument for picking a lock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for picking or opening a lock without the key; a pick. See cut under
pick , 4. - noun A person who picks locks; especially, a thief who tries to enter doors by picking the locks.
- noun A superior selected wool. See the quotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for picking locks.
- noun One who picks locks; a thief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device designed topick locks . - noun One who picks locks; a
thief .
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Examples
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame,
Lavengro 2004
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner -- Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner -- Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner -- Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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It appears to be a kind of picklock, an open sesame, Tanner -- Tawno! the one is but a modification of the other; they were originally identical, and have still much the same signification.
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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She tied her bonnet on as he headed for the door, his picklock in hand.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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She tied her bonnet on as he headed for the door, his picklock in hand.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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"Allow me," said Ellery, whipping out his trusty picklock gun.
The Body Ricardo 2010
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He glances out his office and spots someone headed toward Fiction, meaning another reader will soon discover the picklock words of Flannery O'Connor or Joseph Conrad, another person will soon escape the Delta, using one of Wise's libraries as the point of departure.
Archive 2006-09-01 ____Maggie 2006
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He glances out his office and spots someone headed toward Fiction, meaning another reader will soon discover the picklock words of Flannery O'Connor or Joseph Conrad, another person will soon escape the Delta, using one of Wise's libraries as the point of departure.
LA Times ~ Delta Librarian ____Maggie 2006
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