cracksman

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The skill and daring of the cracksman makes him a marked man.

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles

No single cracksman paramount, no code, No master spirit, that will take the road, But equal dearth of pluck and highwaymen!”

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard

Storri, who had been studying London Bill as hard as ever that cracksman was studying him, re-began in earnest.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

It was then they learned that an expert cracksman had entered, that an expert had opened the safe without blowing it open or forcing it open.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will