Scampsman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scampsman is a noun meaning (dated, slang) highwayman.
Meaning
(dated, slang) highwayman.
Example Sentences
Up comes some saucy kiddy, a scampsman on the hot, / But ere he pulls the trigger I am off just like a shot.
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;
Word Forms
- scampsmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rampsman, scamperer, scamp, scamphood, scambler, highwayman.
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