单词 | Chubb |
释义 | Chubb|tʃʌb| [From the name of the inventor, a London locksmith.] In full Chubb's lock, Chubb-lock: a patent lock with tumblers and, in addition, a lever called a detector, which fixes the bolt immovably when one of the tumblers is raised a little too high in an attempt to pick the lock. So Chubb-key.
1833Lardner Manuf. Metal (Cabinet Cycl.) II. 272 Another celebrated invention, well known to the public as Chubb's Detector lock. 1861Sala Seven Sons Mammon xii, A tiny little Chubb, that might have opened a lady's portfolio. |

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