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spring lock

British

noun

a type of lock having a spring-loaded bolt, a key being required only to unlock it

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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

Yes, it was a spring lock, and had no key in it.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston

As we fled through it I remembered that it was closed at the other end by a door with a spring lock, and was usually kept closed, one of the ushers carrying the key.

From Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 by Anonymous

He went down to it by a ladder, and fastened the door by a spring lock.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous

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