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scampsman

scampsman noun: highwayman.

Noun

scampsman (plural scampsmen)

  1. (dated, slang) highwayman
    • 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;1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, The Game of High Toby
    • Up comes some saucy kiddy, a scampsman on the hot, / But ere he pulls the trigger I am off just like a shot.1846, James Henry, ed. Dixon, “The Trotting Horse”, in Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads, page 244

Forms of scampsman

pluralscampsmen

Origin of scampsman

From scamp + -s- + man.

Questions about scampsman

What does scampsman mean?
Scampsman means highwayman.
What part of speech is scampsman?
Scampsman is a noun.
What is the plural of scampsman?
The plural of scampsman is scampsmen.

Words near scampsman in the dictionary

  1. scampish
  2. scampishly
  3. scampishness
  4. scampo
  5. scamps
  6. scampsman
  7. scampsmen
  8. Scampton
  9. scampy
  10. scams
  11. scamster

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