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
French morocco, and French morocco patent spring lock case, 25s.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
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.
Their mouths were forced open to such a wideness, that their jaws went out of joint, only to clap again together, with a force like that of a spring lock.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
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