cracksman

Example Sentences

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And yet we have seen this cracksman captain—for he, too, was a captain at times—jostling and bellowing for odds among some of the highest and noblest of the land!

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

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

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

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

You may admire the exploits of a “gentleman” cracksman or pickpocket, if you hear or read them with only their ingenuity put before you.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

With the treasures of the nation thus at my mercy, am I a common cracksman?

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax