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Definition of: padlock
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(pad′lok′) noun
A detachable lock, designed to hang on the object fastened, having a shackle attached at one end, and devised so as to fasten through a staple.
—v.t. To fasten with or as with a padlock. [ME padlocke,? <pad a basket + LOCK1]
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