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单词 to be on the lock
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to be on the lock
21. The action of locking up. Only in to be on the lock: to be engaged in locking up a prison or cell. Obsolete.
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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xl. 438 He wos in there as usual, alone vith a wery old friend of his, as wos on the lock, ven he says all of a sudden, ‘I ain't seen the market outside..for seventeen year.’ ‘I know you ain't,’ says the turnkey, smoking his pipe.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 489 Will you go and see if Bob is on the lock!
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