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royal scamp

English

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Noun

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royal scamp (plural royal scamps)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A highwayman who specialized in robbing rich people, and treated them politely.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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