burglarproof
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of burglarproof
Example Sentences
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All these he hung in his burglarproof home called Stone's Throw, outside Pittsburgh, and only people he liked and trusted ever got to see them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frank Dewey announced that he plans to market a burglarproof lock he designed while in jail.
From Time Magazine Archive
But what most impressed a Chicago still living close to the stockyards was a private elevator and the report that the huge castle was burglarproof.
From Time Magazine Archive
Add a bank, ultramodern European and defiantly burglarproof.
From Time Magazine Archive
His city house is of the spick and span order, and he evinces a great interest in burglarproof devices.
From The Night-Born by London, Jack
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