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
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
Failing to open the davenport, Henry turned to this; and pressing upon the spring lock, exposed to the view of Madeline, standing near, the pictured face of Cora.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.
Gate with spring lock, near left end of front railing.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
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