cracksman

Example Sentences

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Bat waved a hand and the cracksman disappeared through a door upon which was painted the word "Private."

From Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist by McIntyre, John T.

The professional cracksman would probably have shaved, whereupon the first amateur detective he met would reconstruct the beard on the sunburned lines.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis

Who would connect that all too common occurrence, a tramp maimed by the railroad, with, the mysterious disappearance of the cracksman, Slippy McGee?

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

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

It’s empty now, and a cracksman trying to get into it would ruin a perfectly good safe, for nothing.”

From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)