locksmith

[ lok-smith ]

/ ˈlɒkˌsmɪθ /

a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.

Origin of locksmith

1200–50; Middle English loksmith (first attested as surname). See lock¹, smith

lock·smith·er·y, noun lock·smith·ing, noun

Enrique Sr. opened a lawn-mower shop and later became a locksmith.

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She was trained as a locksmith and she knew about picking locks.

L.A. Policewoman on Trial for Murdering Her Ex’s Wife |Christine Pelisek |March 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The hut was soon finished, and then the locksmith lighted a large fire and commenced his business.

Tales and Legends of the Tyrol |A. von Gnther
The locksmith's art was but too well understood in those days.

East of Paris |Matilda Betham-Edwards

The locksmith's wife knew better perhaps, than he, what ailed her daughter.

Barnaby Rudge |Charles Dickens
The king had an iron safe in his palace, which the locksmith had betrayed.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
She asked him sharply why he had not brought the locksmith to open the street door as well as that of the wardrobe?

Popular Tales |Madame Guizot

locksmith

/ (ˈlɒkˌsmɪθ) /

a person who makes or repairs locks

locksmithery or locksmithing, noun