cracksman

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I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

You may admire the exploits of a “gentleman” cracksman or pickpocket, if you hear or read them with only their ingenuity put before you.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

All we regret is, that we are now degenerated from the grand tobyman to the cracksman and the sneak, about whom there are no redeeming features.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

He could be sure of only one thing: that never again could he be what he had been once—"the slickest cracksman in America."

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway