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jail locks

jail locks is the plural of jail lock.

Meaning of jail lock

Noun

jail lock (plural jail locks)

  1. A kind of cast iron padlock.
    • The outer, and inner entrance doors have jail locks.1887, Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities, Biennial Report of the State Board of Corrections and Charities
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jail, lock.

Questions about jail locks

What is jail locks the plural of?
Jail locks is the plural of jail lock.

Words near jail locks in the dictionary

  1. jail fodder
  2. jail juice
  3. jail khana
  4. jail khanas
  5. jail lock
  6. jail locks
  7. jail purse
  8. jail purses
  9. jail school
  10. jail sentence
  11. jail sentences

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