Crossword-Solution: PICKLOCK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Picklock | n. | An instrument for picking locks. |
| Picklock | n. | One who picks locks; a thief. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “PICKLOCK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Keysmith's tool. | 1 answer |
| person who picks locks, esp one who gains unlawful access to premises by this means | 1 answer |
| cracksman | 5 answers |
| Yegg | 7 answers |
| housebreaker | 7 answers |
| BURGLAR ___ | 23 answers |
| Wool | 33 answers |
| thief | 51 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PICKLOCK (5)
Petit-Jehan and De Cayeux were handy fellows and enjoyed a useful pre-eminence in honour of their doings with the picklock.
Edge, brethren, room for one that looks as big as the best; ’Tis pity to leave him alone, for he is as good as the rest; No picklock of the laws, he builds among the daws, If you ha’ any more kings to murder, for a President look no further.
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.
When they saw the little tailor, they thought, “A little fellow like that can creep through a key-hole and serve as picklock to us.” “Hollo,” cried one of them, “thou giant Goliath, wilt thou go to the treasure-chamber with us? Thou canst slip thyself in and throw out the money.” Thumbling reflected a while, and at length he said, “yes,” and went with them to the treasure-chamber.
Cutts, pleased by the survey of the forlorn interior, ventured, in the stillness that reigned around, to mount the ladder, to apply a picklock to the door above, and, opening this with ease, crept into the long gallery, its walls covered with pictures.
Quotes with PICKLOCK (1)
Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you will see sinners then. Go to jail and walk through the wards, and see the men with heavy, over-hanging brows, men whom you would not like to meet out at night, and there are sinners there. Go to the Reformatories, and see those who have betrayed an early and a juvenile depravity, and you will see sin…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1955).