cracksman

Example Sentences

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Had it been the cracksman, there would have been no 'if'—it were done as surely as he attempted it.

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

With the treasures of the nation thus at my mercy, am I a common cracksman?

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

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

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

We were flattered by the attentions of a celebrated cracksman.

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

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