Ostensibly, this was because the bottle-opener versions had the look of the big ole spring-lock ornate keys used to open church doors. ❋ Steve Perry (2009)
The spring-lock has closed upon us, and we cannot be liberated saving from the outside. — ❋ Unknown (2008)
He had fled to this place of concealment, forgetting the key of the spring-lock; and being barred from escape by the means he had used for preservation of that gold, for which he had sold his salvation, he had there perished miserably. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Then the lift shot down again, and even as she turned the wind of its descent puffed up and blew to the spring-lock door of the rooms with a click only a little more loud than the leap of her terrified heart. ❋ Various (N/A)
"And you might lend me that bunch of spring-lock keys." ❋ Roland Pertwee (N/A)
Says I, ` 'Tis a spring-lock; pull it to, and it will be fast. ' ❋ Unknown (1935)
She also pointed out that, since the bolt of the spring-lock of the outer door to Mrs Duncomb's rooms had been engaged when they arrived, the miscreants could not have used that exit. ❋ Unknown (1935)
"The fact that I found a Yale spring-lock the other day," Frank answered quietly. ❋ Inez Haynes Gillmore (1921)
To save me, I can't understand how that gold got where it was, for the cashier's cage is made of wire and the door has a spring-lock. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)
It was a wall mill equipped with a glass-front metal hopper and employing a ratchet spring-lock nut and double-action grinders. ❋ Unknown (1909)
The lightkeeper experimented with no more dogs, but he had evidently not forgotten the lifesaving man's warning concerning possible thieves, for he purchased a big spring-lock in Eastboro and attached it to the door of the boathouse on the little wharf. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)
Safely started, however, she almost ran downstairs, and reached the ground floor, only to find the front door had a spring-lock, which had fastened itself when the door banged shut. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)
Mahommed, once upon a time there was an American man, with a shock of red hair, and a nature like a spring-lock. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)
He hastily and softly drew the bolts of the outer door, so that any one might come in from the garden, then stepped back into the dining-room and closed the panel tight behind him, remarking with delight that it had no spring-lock, and could be opened from the hallway. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)
I shoved them quickly into the satchel and, pushing them far down to the bottom of the bag, snapped the spring-lock. ❋ Richard Harding Davis (1890)
And Stepán Paramónovitch locks the oaken door of his shop with a German (that is, a foreign) spring-lock, fastens the fierce, snarling dog to the iron chain, and goes thoughtfully home to his young housewife beyond the Moscow River. ❋ Isabel Florence Hapgood (1889)
He reached it only to find that the spring-lock had snapped shut. ❋ Unknown (1881)
I know Starlight's as close as a spring-lock; but that chap ❋ Rolf Boldrewood (1870)
"And if you trigger those spring locks, two things will happen: first the locks themselves will snap right into you, making deep cuts all over your body, and a split second later, all the [animatronic] parts, all that sharp steel and [hard plastic] will instantly be driven into your body. You will die, but it will be slow. You’ll feel your organs punctured, the suit will grow wet with your blood, and you will know you’re dying for long, long minutes. You’ll try to scream, but you will be unable to: your vocal cords will be severed, and your lungs will fill with your own blood until you drown in it." -William Afton describing a Spring lock Failure, [The Silver Eyes] ❋ QueenHHJ (2023)
