Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small round pin used in certain locks to prevent any but the right key from operating the lock.

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Examples

  • Although the imprint of the key in the lining of the wallet might not have been clear enough to make an accurate copy of the key, it did at least show that the key fitted a pin-tumbler lock with seven pins.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Although the imprint of the key in the lining of the wallet might not have been clear enough to make an accurate copy of the key, it did at least show that the key fitted a pin-tumbler lock with seven pins.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet 2008

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet 2008

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet 2008

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet Leo 2008

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet 2008

  • Virtually all conventional pin-tumbler locks are vulnerable to this method of attack, and frankly nobody has really considered it or looked at it before.

    Neural Gourmet 2008

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