cracksman

Example Sentences

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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

As the cracksman went, Lem saw a film of moisture glisten in his eyes.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

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

Bob and the cracksman had two years longer; but as they managed to secure the convict's prize, they were sent out to Australia, and were liberated, I believe, two years before me.

From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Henderson, Frank

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

From International Short Stories English by Various