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What is "picklock"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Picklock

Picklock \Pick"lock`\, n.

  1. An instrument for picking locks.
    --Shak.

  2. One who picks locks; a thief. ``A picklock of secrets.''
    --Jer. Taylor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
picklock

1550s, from pick (v.) + lock (n.).

Wiktionary
picklock

n. 1 A device designed to pick locks. 2 One who picks locks; a thief.

Usage examples of "picklock".

Concealed within the lining were pockets for his picklocks and the rewards they gained him.

And with that his wife replied, I fear, said she, that they live in hope that some will come to relieve them, or that they have picklocks about them, by the means of which they hope to escape.

The bunch of picklocks clattered upon the desk, mixed up with a handkerchief, a powder compact and a pocket-comb.