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  • noun Plural form of picklock.

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Examples

  • Dina stopped at a door on the side of the house and took from her jacket the pouch with her picklocks.

    Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006

  • I stood watching while he deftly locked the kitchen door with his picklocks, then destroyed the lock in a shower of splinters with the hammer and chisel.

    The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

  • He then brought his ring of picklocks from his pocket and spread it on the table for her to examine, and asked if she wished him to take the chain from her leg.

    The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

  • Dina stopped at a door on the side of the house and took from her jacket the pouch with her picklocks.

    Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006

  • We waited a while, and then Holmes shrugged and reached for the picklocks.

    The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

  • Again Mahmoud took out his picklocks and applied them to the gate, unlocking it and relocking it after us.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • And the oil had worked a treat by the time Holmes got to work with the sturdiest of his picklocks, six hours later. twenty-five

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • Again Mahmoud took out his picklocks and applied them to the gate, unlocking it and relocking it after us.

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • And the oil had worked a treat by the time Holmes got to work with the sturdiest of his picklocks, six hours later. twenty-five

    O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999

  • It, too, was unlocked, but when it came to the door into the chapel, I had to use my picklocks.

    A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995

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