cracksman

Example Sentences

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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

I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

As the cracksman went, Lem saw a film of moisture glisten in his eyes.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

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 Huneker, James

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