subs. phr. (obsolete).—See quot.
1796. P. COLQUHOUN, A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, (3rd ed.), 66. Those (who are distinguished by the nick-name of SCUFFLE-HUNTERS) prowl about the wharfs, quays and warehouses under pretence of asking employment as porters and labourers: but their chief object is to pillage and plunder whatever comes in their way.
