What does scuffle hunter mean?

scuffle hunter

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

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"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."

scuffle hunters (plural)

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