cracksman

Example Sentences

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I thought possibly you knew of some reformed cracksman who would do this one favor for me just to tide things over.

From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick

Storri would have come oftener to observe how London Bill fared with his work, but the cracksman discountenanced the thought.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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)

The cracksman, instead of a black mask, put on a calf-skin waistcoat and a bottle-nose, and that passed muster for Cox by moonlight; it puzzled Cox by moonlight, and deceived Gardiner by moonlight.

From International Short Stories English by Various

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