cracksman
Americannoun
plural
cracksmennoun
Etymology
Origin of cracksman
Example Sentences
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"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.
That devil—that renegade—that fury, Cleek, the cracksman, is here.
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.
I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The skill and daring of the cracksman makes him a marked man.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
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
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