cracksman
Americannoun
plural
cracksmennoun
Etymology
Origin of cracksman
Example Sentences
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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
Bat waved a hand and the cracksman disappeared through a door upon which was painted the word "Private."
From Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist by McIntyre, John T.
Bradbury had undertaken too much; his cracksman seemed to the King's advisers as shadowy as the double of Daniel Cox.
From International Short Stories English by Various
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
We were flattered by the attentions of a celebrated cracksman.
From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles
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