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scampsman

scampsman

English

Noun

scampsman (plural scampsmen)

  1. (dated, slang) highwayman
    • 1834, Ainsworth, William Harrison, Rookwood, The Game of High Toby:
      Now Oliver puts his blank nightcap on,¶ And every star its glim is hiding,¶ And forth to the heath is the scampsman gone,¶ His matchless cherry-black prancer riding;