cracksman
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"It has been amusing to play the part you assigned me of amateur cracksman, but really, I'm afraid, it can't be done without a better make-up."
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
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
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
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
We were flattered by the attentions of a celebrated cracksman.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles
Jason Statham, ever the East End Bruce Willis, leads the amateur cracksmen as they get tangled in about 56 subplots involving MI5, good and bad cops, porn dealers, black radicals and jealous wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cracksmen keep up with the latest technology and quickly find any weak spot in a new design.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two reformed cracksmen are unjustly accused of the theft and are severely put to it to prove their innocence when the very pearls turn up in their apartments.
From Time Magazine Archive
A thief, who—" "I don't mind, personally," interrupted Jimmy, "but I hope, if ever you mix with cracksmen, you won't go calling them thieves.
From The Intrusion of Jimmy by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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