Cracksmen
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cracksmen — cracks·man || kræksmÉ™n n. safebreaker, safecracker; burglar (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
Cracksman — Cracks man (kr?ks man), n., pl. {Cracksmen} ( men). A burglar. [Slang] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brewer, Maine — City City of Brewer[1] … Wikipedia
Raffles (TV series) — infobox television show name = Raffles caption = format = Drama runtime = 60 minutes per episode starring = Anthony Valentine Christopher Strauli Victor Carin Victor Brooks country = United Kingdom network = ITV first aired = February 25, 1977… … Wikipedia
cracksman — /kraks meuhn/, n., pl. cracksmen. Slang. burglar; housebreaker. [1805 15; CRACK + S3 + MAN1] * * * … Universalium
La Stazione — For other uses, see La Stazione (disambiguation). La Stazione The station, depicted after its 1907 reconstruction Station statistics … Wikipedia
take — 1. to steal OED gives a first use in this sense in 1200, since when it had been standard English. In modern use it may refer to being bribed: The judges who took were said to be carefully isolated. There were bagmen and code words.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
cracksman — noun (plural cracksmen) informal, dated a safe breaker … English new terms dictionary
cracksman — /ˈkræksmən/ (say kraksmuhn) noun (plural cracksmen) Colloquial a burglar. {combination of two words originally in a syntactical relationship; crack s (genitive case) (crack (def. 56) + man} …
cracksman — [kraks′mən] n. pl. cracksmen [kraks′mən] [< CRACK1, vt. 8 + MAN] [Old Slang] a burglar or safecracker … English World dictionary
