lock
noun
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
lockless
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a word derived from
lock.
Example Sentences
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Beyond them is a small vestibule with a set of sealed, lockless doors at the other end.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Soon, between rugs on a bed in the "Silver Lion," between a single sheet doubled in two, she slept—propping the lockless door with her suitcase.
From The Happy Foreigner by Enid Bagnold
I drew the table against the lockless door, blew out the light, sat on the stool, resting my arms on the table, and my head on my arms, and slept peacefully till long after daybreak.
From The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont by Robert Barr
Oh! if that shack were only hers—the rights of its lockless door.
From The Wrong Woman by Charles D. Stewart
He went away, after having taken Jules' shotgun, her little revolver, and even a lockless, flintless old musket which had belonged to some of the kin who had followed Napoleon to Russia.
From Home Fires in France by Dorothy Canfield
