subs. (veterinary).—1. A swindling horse-dealer; a FAKER (q.v.) of unsound horses: also see VAMP, subs. and verb.
1876. GREENWOOD, Undercurrents of London Life. It is beyond dispute that in the hands of the experienced horse-VAMPER the most wretched used-up screw in existence may, for a brief hour or so, be made to exhibit an amount of fire and spirit that if persisted in for a longer period would inevitably shake its ramshackle carcass all to pieces.
2. (old).—In pl. = stockings (B. E).
