rampsman slang.
(ˈræmpsmən)
[f. ramp n.5 + man n.1: cf. cracksman, etc.]
One who commits robbery with violence.
| 1859 Hotten Dict. Slang 80 Rampsman, a highway robber who uses violence when necessary. 1862 H. Mayhew Lond. Lab. Extra vol. 31/2 The ‘Rampsman’ or ‘Cracksman’ plunders by force; as the burglar, footpad, etc. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 7/2 Rampsmen, burglars, highway robbers. 1932 H. Walpole Fortress iii. iv. 467 The perils of London—the cracksmen, the rampsmen, the snorrers and thimble-screwers. 1975 M. Crichton Great Train Robbery xiii. 72 Barlow was a reformed buzzer turned rampsman—a pickpocket who had degenerated to plain mugging. |