LOCK, LOCKED, LOCKING
ADJECTIVES
– BANGED UP of a building or place: locked up …20C sl.
– BOXED locked up …Bk1890 sl.
– OFF-LOCKED locked up …1869 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
– DEAD-LOCK a lock the key of which is lost …1887 Eng. dial.
– FARCING the picking of a lock …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
– HANGING LOCK † a padlock …1495-7
– HANG-LOCK † a hanging lock, a padlock …1587
– MONKEY a padlock …1812 sl.
– PAD † a shortened form of ‘padlock’ …1573
– PADDY a padlock …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– SPIKE a lock …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up …1658
NOUNS, PERSON
– TOOLMAN a lock-picker; one who deals with alarms, etc. …1940s sl.
VERBS
– HASP † to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up …1680
– OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key …1623
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