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scamp

[skamp]

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noun

an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.

a playful, mischievous, or naughty young person; upstart.

a grouper, Mycteroperca phenax, of Florida: so called from its habit of stealing bait.

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verb (used with object)

to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner: to scamp work.

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to spend time idly; loaf.

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Origin:
1775–85; obsolete scamp to travel about idly or for mischief, perhaps < obsolete Dutch schampen to be gone < Old French escamper to decamp

Related forms

scamp·er, noun

scamp·ing·ly, adverb

scamp·ish, adjective

scamp·ish·ly, adverb

scamp·ish·ness, noun

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un·scamped, adjective

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scamp¹ (skæmp)

—n
1.	an idle mischievous person; rascal
2.	a mischievous child

[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]

'scampish¹

—*adj*

scamp² (skæmp)

—vb
	a less common word for skimp

'scamper²

—n

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Word Origin & History

scamp

1782, "highway robber," probably from dialectal verb scamp "to roam" (1753), shortened from scamper. Used affectionately in sense "rascal" since 1808.

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scamp

"do in a hasty manner," 1837, perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. skemma "to shorten," from skammr "short"), or a blend of scant and skimp (q.v.).

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scamp definition

[skæmp]

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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