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Word: deadbolts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1981-1981
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Usage:

...Webers had bought as replacements?and keepsakes as well. "They've got us timed," thought Mrs. Weber. "They know when we go and when we come home." She quit work and would not even go shopping unless Al was home. He gave up his annual hunting trips. They put deadbolt locks on all the outside doors, wired a back-room window with a siren, and even bought a third car to park as a decoy in the driveway if they could not avoid being gone at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curse of Violent Crime | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

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