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Moss-trooper

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Noun

1. moss-trooper

a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)

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Moss-trooper

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n.
1. One of a band of raiders operating in the bogs on the borders of England and Scotland during the 1600s.
2. A plunderer; a marauder.

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