1827, Walter Scott, The Prose Works - Containing The Abbot, Kenilworth, The Pirate, The fortunes of Nigel, Quentin Durward · Volume 3, and for Steenie having been whiles a dyke-louper at a time, is it for you, who are his goldsmith, and to whom, I doubt
1888, Granite Monthly Company, The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine · Volume 11, And Scott too, makes King James I use the word "dyke-louper" in reference to the escapades of of the Duke of Buckingham.
2017, Victoria Whitworth, Swimming with Seals, A dyke-louper is someone who comes illicitly over the wall, rather than politely by the gate.
