cracksman
Americannoun
plural
cracksmennoun
Etymology
Origin of cracksman
Example Sentences
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The professional cracksman would probably have shaved, whereupon the first amateur detective he met would reconstruct the beard on the sunburned lines.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
That was just his blague; he was having a good time, pretending to be what you took him for--an amateur cracksman; he made up that story to fool you.
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
It was then they learned that an expert cracksman had entered, that an expert had opened the safe without blowing it open or forcing it open.
From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will
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
Had it been the cracksman, there would have been no 'if'—it were done as surely as he attempted it.
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.
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