Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to blow open a safe with nitroglycerine.

1925		H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
1943		R.L. Bellem ‘Dead Man’s Guilt’ Dan Turner – Hollywood Detective May 🌐 I still couldn’t figure how a cadaver could come back to life and peter a private wall-safe.