English

Noun

scampsman ‎(plural scampsmen)

1. (dated, slang) highwayman
   • 1834, Ainsworth, William Harrison, Rookwood, The Game of High Toby:

     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;