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a tiny metal argument you always lose to anyone with a paperclip and patience
means A mechanical or digital device that secures something shut and opens only with the right key, combination, or credential — or, as a verb, the act of fastening it that way.
from From Old English 'loc,' meaning an enclosure, bolt, or bar — anything that fastens. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root (compare Old Norse 'lok,' a lid or cover, and German 'Loch,' a hole) carrying the idea of closing up or shutting fast. The same word also gave us 'lock' as in a lock of hair — possibly from a related sense of something that holds or interlinks together — though the two meanings have drifted far apart over the centuries.
- pin tumbler
- Egyptians invented the design 6,000 years ago
- lockpicking legal
- owning picks is fine in most US states
- bump key
- opens most home locks in seconds
- false sense
- locks mostly deter the honest, not the determined
lock ness monster — alleged creature in loch ness, scotland, first reported 1933
lock picking sport — competitive sport with world championships, fastest time under 10 seconds