rickburner

English

Etymology

From rick +‎ burner.

Noun

rickburner (plural rickburners)

1. An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks.
   • 1833, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, England and the English:

     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.