loidn.

/lɔɪd/

Forms: Also 'loid.

Etymology: Shortened < -loid (in celluloid n.).

Criminals' slang.

A celluloid strip used by thieves to force open a spring lock. Also attributive. Also as v. transitive, to break open (a lock) by this method; to let (oneself) in by this method.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] > pick or force a lock

loid1958

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars > for picking or forcing locks

turnkey1803

loid1958

shim1968

1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush xvi. 202 You said you could use a loid. Let's see you open that door.

1960 Observer 24 Jan. 5/5 Got yer stick (jemmy)? Got yer 'loid (celluloid strip for spring locks)?

1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day vi. 107 What point..could there be in changing the cylinder..when..my visitor had managed entry by..‘a loid job?’. He had worked a strip of heavy celluloid in over the lock tongue and pushed it back.

1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day ix. 174 I loided myself into my apartment.

1968 Observer 10 Mar. 25/4 Mortice deadlocks with five or more levers, difficult to pick and impossible to loid.

1968 B. Turner Sex Trap xiv. 134 ‘Have you got keys to all Creedy's places?’ ‘Beatty has. I use a loid myself.’ He showed a tapered wedge of blank celluloid.

Derivatives

ˈloiding n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > lock-picking or -forcing

black art1591

sneck-drawing1786

key working1901

loiding1968

1968 Observer 10 Mar. 25/5 Doors are opened by picking, loiding, or using a false key.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	loid
释义	loidn. /lɔɪd/ Forms: Also 'loid. Etymology: Shortened < -loid (in celluloid n.). Criminals' slang. A celluloid strip used by thieves to force open a spring lock. Also attributive. Also as v. transitive, to break open (a lock) by this method; to let (oneself) in by this method. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] > pick or force a lock loid1958 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars > for picking or forcing locks turnkey1803 loid1958 shim1968 1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush xvi. 202 You said you could use a loid. Let's see you open that door. 1960 Observer 24 Jan. 5/5 Got yer stick (jemmy)? Got yer 'loid (celluloid strip for spring locks)? 1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day vi. 107 What point..could there be in changing the cylinder..when..my visitor had managed entry by..‘a loid job?’. He had worked a strip of heavy celluloid in over the lock tongue and pushed it back. 1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day ix. 174 I loided myself into my apartment. 1968 Observer 10 Mar. 25/4 Mortice deadlocks with five or more levers, difficult to pick and impossible to loid. 1968 B. Turner Sex Trap xiv. 134 ‘Have you got keys to all Creedy's places?’ ‘Beatty has. I use a loid myself.’ He showed a tapered wedge of blank celluloid. Derivatives ˈloiding n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > lock-picking or -forcing black art1591 sneck-drawing1786 key working1901 loiding1968 1968 Observer 10 Mar. 25/5 Doors are opened by picking, loiding, or using a false key. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1958
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