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cragsman

[kragz-muhn] / ˈkrægz mən /
NOUN
mountaineer
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But I never got within a thousand feet of it, for the crowning bastions are almost sheer, and would need a better cragsman than myself to negotiate.

From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick

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

I was a bold cragsman," said Ochiltree, "once in my life; but it's lang syne, and nae mortal could speel them without a rope.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

He's really a good cragsman and knows exactly how far he can go.

From Lister's Great Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

A few jolting fragments of rock were all that was left of it—insufficient even for a practiced cragsman to make his way along on either side.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James