Crossword-Solution: HOUSEBREAKER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Housebreaker | n. | One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “HOUSEBREAKER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a person who breaks into and enters a house for the purpose of stealing | 1 answer |
| cracksman | 5 answers |
| picklock | 5 answers |
| Yegg | 7 answers |
| BURGLAR ___ | 23 answers |
| "SPOILER ___!" | 28 answers |
| Robber | 52 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with HOUSEBREAKER (5)
The crisis was upon her! Her first customer was at the door! Without giving herself time for a second thought, she rushed into the shop, pale, wild, desperate in gesture and expression, scowling portentously, and looking far better qualified to do fierce battle with a housebreaker than to stand smiling behind the counter, bartering small wares for a copper recompense.
Amongst those of the snowy linen who most particularly attracted my attention, were a father and son; the former was a tall athletic figure of about thirty, by profession a housebreaker, and celebrated throughout Madrid for the peculiar dexterity which he exhibited in his calling.
Bardell thus-- ‘Wery sorry to ‘casion any personal inconwenience, ma’am, as the housebreaker said to the old lady when he put her on the fire; but as me and my governor ‘s only jest come to town, and is jest going away agin, it can’t be helped, you see.’ ‘Of course, the young man can’t help the faults of his master,’ said Mrs.
Yet--what is their history? The handsome black-haired man who is now looking over my shoulder is the celebrated thief Palacio, the most expert housebreaker and dexterous swindler in Spain--in a word, the modern Guzman Dalfarache.
Stevenson Deacon Brodie Beau Austin Admiral Guinea Robert Macaire [Picture: Decorative graphic] London William Heinemann 1907 * * * * * _Copyright_ _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE DEACON BRODIE 1 BEAU AUSTIN 111 ADMIRAL GUINEA 177 ROBERT MACAIRE 251 DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUX PERSONS REPRESENTED WILLIAM BRODIE, Deacon of the Wrights, Housebreaker and Master Carpenter.
Quotes with HOUSEBREAKER (1)
He has the memory of a convict, the balls of a fireman, and the eyesight of a housebreaker. When there is crime to fight, Landsman tears around Sitka like a man with his pant leg caught on a rocket. It's like there's a film score playing behind him, heavy on the castanets. The problem comes in the hours when he isn't working, when his thoughts start blowing out the open window of his brain like pages from the blotter. Sometimes it takes a heavy paperweight to pin them down.