pickproof

pickproof
adjective
Etymology: pick (I) + proof
: designed to prevent picking

pickproof lock

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/pik"proohf'/, adj.
(of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
[1930-35; PICK1 + -PROOF]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pickproof — adjective Date: 1933 designed to prevent picking < a pickproof lock > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pickproof — /pik proohf /, adj. (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked. [1930 35; PICK1 + PROOF] * * * …   Universalium

  • pickproof — adjective Resistant to being picked …   Wiktionary

  • pick|proof — «PIHK PROOF», adjective. very hard or impossible to break open: »This lock is practically pickproof …   Useful english dictionary

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