cracksman

Example Sentences

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

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

That devil—that renegade—that fury, Cleek, the cracksman, is here.

From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.

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

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles

"It has been amusing to play the part you assigned me of amateur cracksman, but really, I'm afraid, it can't be done without a better make-up."

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

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