cragsman
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No cragsman in broadest daylight could do such a thing, he asserted.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
"Not the hardiest cragsman, not my son himself," she said, "could venture on such a morning to guide you to—" "Whither, gracious dame?" asked Theurdank, half smiling.
From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
He must be helmsman and chief, the cragsman, the rifleman, the boat steerer.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore
"We are going to the village to get a cragsman with a rope, and will be with you anon."
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
He would go out on all-day excursions, enjoying the thrills of clambering up to what appeared to be inaccessible ledges, until eventually he became an expert cragsman.
From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George
The superman is Captain Keith Mallory, a New Zealand mountaineer, "idol of the cragsmen," hero of legendary exploits in the Cretan resistance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The natives are expert cragsmen, and much of their time is occupied in collecting birds' feathers.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
Jack-booted, buff-coated troopers; scarlet militiamen; brown, stern-faced Tauntonians; serge-clad pikemen; wild, ragged miners; smockfrocked yokels; reckless, weather-tanned seamen; gaunt cragsmen from the northern coast—all pushed and jostled each other in a thick, many-coloured crowd.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
‘Nay, none that folk wot of,’ said Dallach, ‘except to bold cragsmen with their lives in their hands.’
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William
This added to the evil repute of the mountain; years passed before the cragsmen would have anything further to do with it.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
