"royal scamp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: royal scamps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} royal scamp (plural royal scamps)
  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A highwayman who specialized in robbing rich people, and treated them politely. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-royal_scamp-en-noun-OaDbB0TN Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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