mosstrooping
pər, ˈmɒs- noun
1.
a marauder who operated in the mosses, or bogs, of the border between England and Scotland in the 17th century.
2.
any marauder.
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| —n | |
| a raider in the border country of England and Scotland in the mid-17th century | |
| [C17 moss, in northern English dialect sense: bog] | |
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