doorlock

Every guest has his own room and doorlock; but management keeps a master key in some safe place, where no one but trusted hotel employees can get to it.

Keeping The Cybercops Out Of Cyberspace 2008

They flew to disable the entertainment center, dumped it outside in the corridor; switched off the lights and the doorlock for good measure.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

He turned and put his wrist to the doorlock and shot out the lock cylinder with the cobalt steel plunger of the cattlegun and opened the door and went in and shut the door behind him.

No Country For Old Men McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- 2005

And eventually another sound: a card in the doorlock, the squeal of hinges.

Spin 2005

I check the petals for an aroma as I fumble with the doorlock.

nspblues Diary Entry nspblues 2004

A closed door blocked the end, and as they approached it, he took something from his pocket, touched the device to the doorlock.

The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000

He grunted only once as he applied his considerable strength, and within moments had overridden the doorlock mechanism through the simple expedient of sheer muscle power.

Dark Allies Peter David 1999

Several trollies and vacuum cleaners, a doorlock worth R100, an unspecified number of doorhandles, a toilet handle, a shower handle and a toilet seat also went missing.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

She glanced to her side and took one hand off the wheel to push down the doorlock button.

Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997

'For the return journey I bought a doorlock and a. screw driver, and spent the journey taking it apart, examining the mechanism, picking it with the back off and then picking it fully assembled.

Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996