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Word: padlocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...cool, early hours one morning last week, two cars pulled up to a little-used gate at the Duc de Luynes's 8,000-acre estate near Paris. A few blows of a hammer knocked away the rusty padlock; shadowy figures slipped inside, made a beeline for a cellar window in the 17th century château, got it open, and climbed through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Historical Castle Mob | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

...pair explained how they had "taken care of" the padlock on the door which led to the tower's lower level. They then removed the orange lenses from seven floodlights and painted the bulbs with watercolor paint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Tower Sheds Emerald Glow As Pranksters Honor Saint Patrick | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

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