spring lock
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They should agree to meet somewhere, probably next spring, lock the doors, and not go home until they have signed a document, however long it may take.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he whirled and strode toward his office door, but the spring lock had snapped, queering his exit.
From Time Magazine Archive
They pulled out every 200 drawer and burst open every trunk and chest, thinking she might have crawled into one and then the lid had closed with a spring lock.
From The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
In French morocco and lidless French morocco case, with spring lock, £1 1s.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
The push delivered by the vagrant had pitched him forward into the snare, while the sound of the clicking spring lock notified him that his retreat was cut off.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
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