10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAMPSMAN»
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1
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
rampsman noun Someone who commits robbery with violence. 1859–. H.
WALPOLE The perils of London—the cracksmen, the rampsmen, the snorrers
and thimble-screwers (1932). ram-raiding noun Brit The perpetration of a smash-
and-grab ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
A race-course trickster: c.: from ca 1860. Also, rampsman (H., 1st ed., 1859) and
ramper, as in H., 5th ed., 1874, and in Runciman's Chequers, 1876, 'A man who
is a racecourse thief and ramper hailed me affably': cf. the quotation at RAMPER.
Eric Partridge, Jacqueline Simpson, 1973
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
A racecourse trickster: c.: from ca. 1860. Also, rampsman (H., 1st ed., 1859) and
ramper, as in H., 5th ed., 1874, and in Runciman's Chequers, 1876, 'A man who
is a racecourse thief and ramper hailed rne affably': cf, the quot'n at ramper.—6.
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
From a fogle-buzzer he became a swell-mobbite, and then a rampsman, and
then a cracksman. He has ascended from the very foot to the very summit of his
honourable and scientific profession. And besides that he is up to all the other
games ...
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Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, ...
For example, tho " rampsman " may be a " cracker," who breaks into houses, or a
" bludgcr," who stops passengers on the highway,' or a " stkk-slinger" who robs in
company with low women. The " drummer" may be a " hoevsser," who drugs ...
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A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: Used ...
RAMPSMAN, a highway robber who uses violence when necessary.
RAMSHACKLE, to shatter as with a battering ram; ram- shackled, knocked about,
as standing corn is after a high wind. Corrupted from ram-shatter, or possibly from
ransack.
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The Quarterly Review vol. 113
... town rascality, under the tutorage of a gentleman who has graduated in the
successive honours of a ' shiverer,' a ' cadger,' a ' duffer,' an ' area-sneak,' a ' shop
-bouncer,' a ' fogle-buzzer,' a 'swell-mobbite,' a ' rampsman,' and a 'cracksman.
8
The London Quarterly Review
... a momentary on to an imaginary criminal, without even a shudder at the carpet-
bag mystery of callida junctm-a to disguise the clumsy while the author of
patchwork! sneak,' a ' shop-bouncer,' a 'fogle-buzzer,' a 'swell-mobbite,' a '
rampsman,'.
... a "cadger," a "duffer," an "area-sneak," a "shop- bouncer," a " fogle-buzzer," a "
swell-mob- ite," a " rampsman," and a "cracksman." Under this hopeful instructor,
he ascends from theft to robbery, and from robbery to murder, with interludes of a
...
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The great world of London: (Part IX. Henry Mayhew's new work)
The " Rampsman," or " Cracksman," plunders by force — as the burglar, footpad,
&c. The "Drummer" plunders by stupefaction — as the " hocusser." The "
Mobsman" plunders by manual dexterity — as the pickpocket. The " Sneaksman"
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAMPSMAN»
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The Infidel Stain by MJ Carter, review: 'subtle'
... cross-dressing and incomprehensible slang ("if you're to come with me dressed like that, you'll be a walking magnet for every gonoph and rampsman"). «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
The best books of 2015
... cross-dressing and incomprehensible slang ('if you're to come with me dressed like that, you'll be a walking magnet for every gonoph and rampsman').". «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Soon just breathing will be considered "sexist"
... prehuman, pressman, prizeman, proseman, puntsman, puillman, radioman, raftsman, rampsman, ranchman, reinsman, rifleman, riverman, roadsman. «RenewAmerica, Apr 13»
