cracksman
Example Sentences
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It was then they learned that an expert cracksman had entered, that an expert had opened the safe without blowing it open or forcing it open.
From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will
On our removal to England, the "cracksman," was leg-ironed to me as an additional security against his making his escape.
From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Henderson, Frank
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
As the cracksman went, Lem saw a film of moisture glisten in his eyes.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
It’s empty now, and a cracksman trying to get into it would ruin a perfectly good safe, for nothing.”
From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
