cragsman

Example Sentences

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I became a daring cragsman, a character to which an English lad can seldom aspire, for in England there are neither crags nor mountains.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

Being something of a cragsman, I did manage to get half way to the top of that.

From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

For such work a mountaineer or a cragsman, or Winifred, is needed.'

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

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

But now, at the present moment, he was unwilling to make essay of his prowess as a cragsman.

From Aaron Trow by Trollope, Anthony