Chubb


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Chubb/tʃʌb/
noun trademark a lock with a device for fixing the bolt immovably to prevent it from being picked.
– origin C19: after the London locksmith Charles Chubb.
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