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plural locksmiths
one who practices locksmithing quotations examples
Piccadilly, 12:30 o'clock.--Just before we reached Fenchurch Street Lord Godalming said to me, "Quincey and I will find a locksmith. You had better not come with us in case there should be any difficulty. For under the circumstances it wouldn't seem so bad for us to break into an empty house.
1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library
(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win