picklock

[ pik-lok ]

/ ˈpɪkˌlɒk /

a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.

a thief.

an instrument for picking a lock; lockpick.

Origin of picklock

First recorded in 1545–55; pick¹ + lock¹

Urgent letters on the subject have just been despatched to his friend Picklock, and to the officer in command at Aden.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem |Mario Uchard
Picklock Holes has disappeared, but so have a great many other people.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 30, 1893 |Various
Oddly enough the picklock to the captives' minds had been produced by the dolphins.

Key Out of Time |Andre Alice Norton
The picklock on the bedroom floor remained the one last useless trace of the Dream-Woman.

The Queen of Hearts |Wilkie Collins

Any common blacksmith, with a picklock in his possession, laughed at the combined skill of the two houses of parliament.

Practical Education, Volume I |Maria Edgeworth

picklock

/ (ˈpɪkˌlɒk) /

a person who picks locks, esp one who gains unlawful access to premises by this means

an instrument for picking locks