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cracksman

[kraks-muhn] / ˈkræks mən /


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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.

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

No single cracksman paramount, no code, No master spirit, that will take the road, But equal dearth of pluck and highwaymen!”

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard

That was just his blague; he was having a good time, pretending to be what you took him for--an amateur cracksman; he made up that story to fool you.

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

It’s empty now, and a cracksman trying to get into it would ruin a perfectly good safe, for nothing.”

From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)