picklock
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picklock
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From pick + lock.
noun picklocks
- 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.
- One who picks locks; a thief. 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets
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Talk about this word "picklock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picklock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. picklock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/picklock "picklock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/picklock.
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@misc{picklock_2026,
title = {picklock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picklock},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
