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pete man noun a criminal specialising in breaking into safes US, 1931- Today the art of box-busting is in a fast decline, and the pete-man may soon join the ranks of forgotten criminals. — Charles Hamilton, Men of the Underworld, p. 143, 1952
- Pete Man wasn’t anybody’s name. It was slang for safecracker. — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 18, 1976
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