cragsman
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cragsman
Example Sentences
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He's really a good cragsman and knows exactly how far he can go.
From Lister's Great Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
No cragsman in broadest daylight could do such a thing, he asserted.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
But I never got within a thousand feet of it, for the crowning bastions are almost sheer, and would need a better cragsman than myself to negotiate.
From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick
"We are going to the village to get a cragsman with a rope, and will be with you anon."
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
The expert cragsman climbs to attain acrobatic efficiency, and may aim at nothing higher than inspired legs.
From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)
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