Definition of Scamster

1. one that scams [n -S] - See also: scams

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scamster

scampering
scamperings
scampers
scampi
scampies
scamping
scamping speech
scampings
scampis
scampish
scampishness
scampo
scamps
scampy
scams
scamster (current term)
scamsters
scan
scan line
scan rate
scanability
scand
scandal
scandal-ridden
scandal of particularity
scandal sheet
scandaled
scandaling
scandalisation
scandalise

Literary usage of Scamster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... for scamster'. § 349. History of P. The Anglo-Saxon (Southern) / had the sound of », even initially (as in modern Southern dialects), ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1892)
"... S73; annuls conveyances which are not the subject-matter of the action, asr sought to be annulled therein: Munday v. Vail, 34 NJL 418; scamster T. ..."

3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"... scamster, masculine), a man or woman that sows or makes up linen garments; derived from seam Anglo-Saxon a row of stitches with a needle. (5. Die. ..."

4. Ballads and Songs by David Mallet (1857)
"1. Margaret, daughter of Rodger Alderson, bapt. 1697, April 11. Wm. Copland and Jane Pears, married. 1698, Feb. 11. Frances Alderson (scamster), of Bowes, ..."

5. Ballads and Songs by David Mallet (1857)
"1. Margaret, daughter of Rodger Alderson, bapt. 1697, April 11. Wm. Copland and Jane Pears, married. 1698, Feb. 11. Frances Alderson (scamster), of Bowes, ..."

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