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picklocks

picklocks is the plural of picklock.

Meaning of picklock

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

Questions about picklocks

What is picklocks the plural of?
Picklocks is the plural of picklock.

Words near picklocks in the dictionary

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

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