foot-scamp

noun

A common thief who escapes on foot.

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Meanings

nounfoot-scamp (plural foot-scamps)

plural foot-scamps

  1. UKobsoleteslangA 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
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APA

foot-scamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-scamp

MLA

“foot-scamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-scamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foot-scamp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-scamp.

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