[C18: from scamp (vb) to be a highway robber, probably from Middle Dutch schampen to decamp, from Old French escamper, from es-ex-1 + -camper, from Latin campus field]
n. a small child. : There are three little scamps at the door saying, “Trick or treat!”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
By that time her engagement to the scamp has been announced, more in pique than anything else.
The answer is related to two issues that correspond to the two halves of the journalistic soul, the scamp and the saint.
He is a fierce dramatic firebrand trying to be a frisky scamp.
Large predatory species that are commonly found here include groupers such as scamp and snowy grouper, red snapper, and amberjack.