moss-trooper

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moss-trooper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mosstrooper \Moss"troop`er\, n. [Moss + trooper.]
     One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested
     the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called
     in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the
     border country.
     [1913 Webster]

moss-trooper - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  moss-trooper
      n 1: a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs
           between England and Scotland)