cracksman

Example Sentences

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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

With the treasures of the nation thus at my mercy, am I a common cracksman?

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

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)

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

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Who would connect that all too common occurrence, a tramp maimed by the railroad, with, the mysterious disappearance of the cracksman, Slippy McGee?

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