Scampsman

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    highwayman dated, slang

    "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;"

Example

More examples

"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;"

Etymology

From scamp + -s- + man.

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