cracksman

Example Sentences

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He could be sure of only one thing: that never again could he be what he had been once—"the slickest cracksman in America."

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

And yet we have seen this cracksman captain—for he, too, was a captain at times—jostling and bellowing for odds among some of the highest and noblest of the land!

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

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

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

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