cracksman
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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 Alfred Henry Lewis
His presence in the pie pantry had been misinterpreted by a cracksman; and he, the harmless organist of Dr. Bulgerly's church, was claimed as the associate of a dangerous, perhaps notorious, thief.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
"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 W. L. Jacobs
Bradbury had undertaken too much; his cracksman seemed to the King's advisers as shadowy as the double of Daniel Cox.
From International Short Stories English by Various
She has not been like it since the cracksman broke with her, Toinette.
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew
The cracksmen keep up with the latest technology and quickly find any weak spot in a new design.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jason Statham, ever the East End Bruce Willis, leads the amateur cracksmen as they get tangled in about 56 subplots involving MI5, good and bad cops, porn dealers, black radicals and jealous wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two reformed cracksmen are unjustly accused of the theft and are severely put to it to prove their innocence when the very pearls turn up in their apartments.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Rann holds his own against the best of his craft, with an imperishable name, while a host of more distinguished cracksmen are excluded even from the Newgate Calendar.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
