scamperern.
/ˈskampərə/ One who scampers; †? a street ruffian.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets
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corner-boy1855
plug-ugly1856
corner-cove1862
keelie1863
tough1866
larrikin1868
corner-man1885
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets
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corner-boy1855
plug-ugly1856
corner-cove1862
keelie1863
tough1866
larrikin1868
corner-man1885
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tsotsi1949
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > scurrying or scampering > one who
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1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 A very gay..old Man..who has been, he tells me, a Scowrer, a Scamperer, a Breaker of Windows [etc.].
1804 Hull Advertiser 4 Feb. 3/3 A gang of scamperers.
1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring v, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 149 This ever idle, ever busy scamperer.
1871 J. Tyndall Forms of Water §14 ⁋123 They were no idle scamperers on the mountains that made these wild recesses first known.
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