jigger gun

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jigger gun (plural jigger guns)

  1. (slang, UK) A lock pick.
    • 1935, Science News Letter - Volumes 27-28, page 164:
      Officials of Chicago't Cook County Jail watch Ed Stanley, inmate, pick sample locks with a professional "jigger gun."
    • 1936, Clyde B. Clason, The Fifth Tumbler, page 245:
      The jigger gun and nippers would be out of sight down the shaft, and the face of the plate hides the thread.
    • 1938, Chain Store Age - Volume 14, page 147:
      […] of attack that open practically any padlock — the use of keys, picking of the lock with hand picks or jigger guns, […]
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