cracksman
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I thought possibly you knew of some reformed cracksman who would do this one favor for me just to tide things over.
From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick
Bradbury and his fellows went to work to find the old clergyman, alias cracksman.
From International Short Stories English by Various
The cracksman, instead of a black mask, put on a calf-skin waistcoat and a bottle-nose, and that passed muster for Cox by moonlight; it puzzled Cox by moonlight, and deceived Gardiner by moonlight.
From International Short Stories English by Various
I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The skill and daring of the cracksman makes him a marked man.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
Two reformed cracksmen are unjustly accused of the theft and are severely put to it to prove their innocence when the very pearls turn up in their apartments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jason Statham, ever the East End Bruce Willis, leads the amateur cracksmen as they get tangled in about 56 subplots involving MI5, good and bad cops, porn dealers, black radicals and jealous wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cracksmen keep up with the latest technology and quickly find any weak spot in a new design.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And very right, too, if you were choused; but amongst prigs and cracksmen there's honour,—we must rely on each other, or all business would be impossible."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
