† scampsmann.
Obsolete.
A highwayman.
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routerc1300
malandryna1438
stradarolle1562
highpad1567
highway robber1577
way-beatera1586
lance-man1589
high lawyer1591
St. Nicholas' clerk1598
outrider1599
bidstand1600
land-pirate1608
highwayman1617
pad1652
knight of the road1665
rum-padder1665
paddist1671
rum pad1688
pad-thief1690
gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700
snaffler1728
gentleman1778
scamp1782
scampsman1799
bandolero1832
ladrone1832
Spring-heeled Jack1838
road agent1840
agent1876
1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 352 Memorandum.—If any thing done by scampsmen on the Fulham road, send the traps to pull up Bounce and Blunderbuss.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 360 Forth to the heath is the Scampsman gone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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