Meanings
plural picklocks
- 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 Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)] - One who picks locks; a thief.
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian шперц
- шперц (šperc)device designed to pick locks
Catalan rossinyol
- rossinyoldevice designed to pick locks
Czech paklíč, šperhák
- paklíčdevice designed to pick locks
- šperhákdevice designed to pick locks
Finnish tiirikka
- tiirikkadevice designed to pick locks
German Dietrich
- Dietrichdevice designed to pick locks
Norwegian dirk
- dirkdevice designed to pick locks
Portuguese gazua
- gazuadevice designed to pick locks
Russian отмы́чка, фо́мка
- отмы́чка (otmýčka)device designed to pick locks
- фо́мка (fómka)device designed to pick locks
Slovak pakľúč
- pakľúčdevice designed to pick locks
Spanish ganzúa
- ganzúadevice designed to pick locks
Swedish dyrk
- dyrkdevice designed to pick locks
Turkish maymuncuk, tavşan anahtarı
- maymuncukdevice designed to pick locks
- tavşan anahtarıdevice designed to pick locks
Welsh bach clo
- bach clodevice designed to pick locks
Cite this entry
picklock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picklock
“picklock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picklock. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picklock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picklock.
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