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picklock

picklock noun: a device designed to pick locks.

Noun

picklock (plural picklocks)

  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.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. One who picks locks; a thief.
    • a picklock of secrets1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

Synonyms of picklock

Forms of picklock

pluralpicklocks

Origin of picklock

From pick + lock.

Questions about picklock

What does picklock mean?
Picklock means a device designed to pick locks.
What part of speech is picklock?
Picklock is a noun.
What is the plural of picklock?
The plural of picklock is picklocks.

Words near picklock in the dictionary

  1. pickling lime
  2. pickling up
  3. picklings
  4. picklist
  5. picklists
  6. picklock
  7. picklocks
  8. pickly
  9. pickman
  10. pickmaw
  11. pickmaws

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