foot-scamp en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A common thief who escapes on foot.
"They" were the nickers and running rumblers and cock-a-brasses and blue-pigeon-flyers and foot-scamps and sharps and flash boys of London.
1951, Odell Shepard, Willard Shepard, Jenkins Ear, page 428:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foot-scamps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |