CRACKSMAN

safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman

(noun) a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cracksman (plural cracksmen)

(archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.

She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

Source: Wiktionary


Cracks"man (krks"man), n., pl. Cracksmen (-men).

Definition: A burglar. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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