English

ramper

From ramp + -er.

Formed from ramp + -er

Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną ‘to shrivel, shrink’

Frankish *hrampōn ‘to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple,…’

Old French ramper ‘to crawl, climb, scale up’

Middle French rampe

French rampe

English ramp

Today it means

noun One of a gang of ruffians who intimidated bookmakers at races, claiming to have placed bets when they had not.

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