picklock

A device designed to pick locks.

Noun

  1. 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...
  2. One who picks locks; a thief.
    • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets

Origin

From pick + lock.

Forms

picklocks

Synonyms

lock pick pick