2. (old).—See quots. 1690 and 1718; a fence (q.v.). Also Lock-all-fast.

1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Lock-all-fast, one that buys

and conceals stolen goods.

1714. Memoirs of John Hall, 13, s.v.

1718. Higgin, True Discovery, p. 16. That woman they spoke to as

they passed by is a lock, alias Receiver and Buyer of stolen goods.

1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.

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