cracksman
/ˈkraksmən
/noun (plural cracksmen) informal, dated
A burglar, especially a safe-breaker.Cracksmen are on the prowl....
- The cracksman didn't even require any nitro-glycerine to open the safe.
- Channels were changed by turning a dial with all the care of a master cracksman opening the safe of the Bank of England.
Rhymes
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC
- as different as (or like) chalk and cheese
- (as) drunk as a lord (or skunk)
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dry as a Pommy's towel
- (as) dry as dust
- (as) dull as dishwater (or ditchwater)
- -ase
- ASEAN
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- as easy as winking
- (as) easy (or simple) as ABC
- a second thought
- aseismic
- asepsis
- aseptic
- aseptically
- asequia
- asexual