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jigger gun en · NOUN
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(UK, slang) A lock pick.
The jigger gun and nippers would be out of sight down the shaft, and the face of the plate hides the thread.
1936, Clyde B. Clason, The Fifth Tumbler, page 245:[…] of attack that open practically any padlock — the use of keys, picking of the lock with hand picks or jigger guns, […]
1938, Chain Store Age - Volume 14, page 147:Officials of Chicago't Cook County Jail watch Ed Stanley, inmate, pick sample locks with a professional "jigger gun."
1935, Science News Letter - Volumes 27-28, page 164:
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