mosstrooper
noun
a marauder who operated in the mosses, or bogs, of the border between England and Scotland in the 17th century.
mosstrooping
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a word derived from
mosstrooper.
Example Sentences
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They have taken me to Elsdon, a curious desolate village in the hills, where the Baillies are rectors, and live in a dismal old castle, built to fortify the rector in mosstrooping times.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
