picklock en · NOUN
Etymology
From pick + lock.
Meanings
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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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
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One who picks locks; a thief.
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picklocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (21)
no dirk (device designed to pick locks) · dlm bunagrez (device designed to pick locks) · de Dietrich (device designed to pick locks) · ru фо́мка (device designed to pick locks) · ota خرسز آناختاری (device designed to pick locks) · pt gazua (device designed to pick locks) · ca rossinyol (device designed to pick locks) · fi tiirikka (device designed to pick locks) · bg шперц (device designed to pick locks) · tr maymuncuk (device designed to pick locks) · csb ditrich (device designed to pick locks) · sk pakľúč (device designed to pick locks) · tr tavşan anahtarı (device designed to pick locks) · ru отмы́чка (device designed to pick locks) · csb odmikôcz (device designed to pick locks) · ota میمونجق (device designed to pick locks) · cs paklíč (device designed to pick locks) · cs šperhák (device designed to pick locks) · cy bach clo (device designed to pick locks) · es ganzúa (device designed to pick locks) · sv dyrk (device designed to pick locks)