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picklock1567

An instrument for picking locks. Also figurative.

wrester1591

An implement for picking locks. Obsolete. rare.

picklock key1609

That picks locks; used for picking locks (formerly esp. in picklock key). Also figurative.

gilk1610

A skeleton key or picklock. Cf. gilt, n.3 2.

gilt1667

A device for picking locks; a skeleton key. Also: a tool for forcing locks; a crowbar. Cf. gilk, n.

ginny1669

A housebreaker's tool used to force open a grate or window; a crowbar. Cf. jemmy, n. 6.

dub1699

A key, especially one used for picking locks.

false key1701

Counterfeit, simulated, sham. a skeleton key, picklock.

screwa1790

slang. A key; spec. a skeleton key, esp. one used to enter a property illegally. Formerly also: †on the screw: locked with a key; (of a person)…

skeleton key1810

twirl1879

Criminals' slang. A skeleton key. Cf. twirler, n. 2.

skeleton1884

elliptical. A skeleton key.

pick1890

= picklock, n.1 2.

twirler1921

Criminals' slang. = twirl, n. c.

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