An instrument for picking locks. Also figurative.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock (14) 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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