cracksman

Example Sentences

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Our cracksman worked slowly and surely, laying the bricks in the bottom of the drain so as to form a floor on which to stand.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

His presence in the pie pantry had been misinterpreted by a cracksman; and he, the harmless organist of Dr. Bulgerly's church, was claimed as the associate of a dangerous, perhaps notorious, thief.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

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 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

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