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snake rake

snake rake noun: a lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a position allowing it to be unlocked.

Noun

snake rake (plural snake rakes)

  1. A lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a position allowing it to be unlocked.

Forms of snake rake

pluralsnake rakes

Questions about snake rake

What does snake rake mean?
Snake rake means a lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a position allowing it to be unlocked.
What part of speech is snake rake?
Snake rake is a noun.
What is the plural of snake rake?
The plural of snake rake is snake rakes.

Words near snake rake in the dictionary

  1. snake palm
  2. Snake Pass
  3. snake pit
  4. snake pits
  5. snake plant
  6. snake rake
  7. snake rakes
  8. Snake Range
  9. Snake River
  10. snake sea cucumber
  11. snake sea cucumbers

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