cracksman
Americannoun
plural
cracksmennoun
Etymology
Origin of 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
Who knew what eminent defaulter or renowned cracksman was fleeing the city in dark disguise?
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)
Bradbury and his fellows went to work to find the old clergyman, alias cracksman.
From International Short Stories English by Various
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
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
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