cracksman

Example Sentences

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Who knew what eminent defaulter or renowned cracksman was fleeing the city in dark disguise?

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)

You may admire the exploits of a “gentleman” cracksman or pickpocket, if you hear or read them with only their ingenuity put before you.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

Bradbury and his fellows went to work to find the old clergyman, alias cracksman.

From International Short Stories English by Various

We were flattered by the attentions of a celebrated cracksman.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles

The old cracksman had not warned him of that blinding flash or that sputtering, loud enough, so it seemed, to be heard a block away.

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell