Locksmith

Definitions

1. One who practices locksmithing.
2. Someone who only bets when they are sure they will win.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The door was very strong, the lock⟳ excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have⟳ great trouble⟳ and have⟳ to do much damage⟳, if force⟳ were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.”

“Piccadilly, 12:30 o'clock.--Just before we reached Fenchurch Street Lord Godalming said to me, "Quincey and I will find⟳ a locksmith. You had better not come⟳ with us in case there should be any difficulty. For under the circumstances it wouldn't seem so bad for us to break⟳ into an empty house.”

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