picklock
A device designed to pick locks.
Noun
- 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...
- One who picks locks; a thief.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets
Origin
From pick + lock.