Purloiner vs Cracksman - What's the difference?
purloiner | cracksman | Related terms |
(archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
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Purloiner is a related term of cracksman.
As nouns the difference between purloiner and cracksman
is that purloiner is one who purloins while cracksman is (archaic|informal) a burglar or safebreaker.cracksman
English
Noun
(cracksmen)- 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.