cracksman

Example Sentences

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Entrance into his apartment was affected by an expert cracksman, the New York police say.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will

I thought possibly you knew of some reformed cracksman who would do this one favor for me just to tide things over.

From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick

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.

Bradbury and his fellows went to work to find the old clergyman, alias cracksman.

From International Short Stories English by Various

The old cracksman had not warned him of that blinding flash or that sputtering, loud enough, so it seemed, to be heard a block away.

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell