RICKBURNER

Etymology

Noun

rickburner (plural rickburners)

An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks.

Wherever the magistrates interfere, the interference is always fatal; […] afraid of the vengeance of the rickburner, they dare not refuse (even if they wish it) allowance to the pauper.

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