Meaning of scuffle hunter | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of porter or manual labourer formerly employed at a port.

historical

Examples

“Those (who are distinguished by the nick-name of Scuffle-hunters) prowl about the wharfs […], under pretence of asking employment: but their chief object is to pillage and plunder whatever comes in their way.”

“Scuffle-hunters were also found as an addition to the thousand or so warehouse labourers storing and dispatching goods from the port to their destination.”

CEFR level