small+lock

  • 131a lock of hair — a small piece of hair from someone s head She cut off a lock of his hair and put it under her pillow …

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  • 132wheel lock — wheel′ lock n. 1) mil an old type of gunlock in which sparks are produced by the friction of a small steel wheel against a piece of iron pyrites 2) mil a gun having such a gunlock • Etymology: 1660–70 …

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