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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Mosstrooper. | |
| A robber, a bandit. The marauders who infested the borders of England and Scotland were so called because they encamped on the mosses. | 1 |
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