Scamp
[skæmp]
Definition
(n.) A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
(a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [colloquial.] Rogue, rascal, cheat, knave, swindler, sharper, trickster, scoundrel, villain, scapegrace, SCALAWAG, worthless fellow.
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Definition
n. a vagabond: a mean fellow.—v.i. Scam′per to run with speed and trepidation.—n. a rapid run.—adj. Scam′pish rascally.
v.t. to do work in a dishonest manner without thoroughness—also Skimp.—n. Scam′per.
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Examples
- Caliphronas, as I have told you, is a scamp, and will pause at nothing to gratify his own desire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If she is the woman I judge her to be from her pure face, she will never take that scamp of a Greek. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Thank you for your hospitality, retorted Maurice angrily, for the mocking tone of this scamp was intolerable; but '_Timeo Danaos_. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Alcibiades intends to attack the island, with or without Andros; and the only thing this scamp can do is to urge his friend to assault Melnos at once. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The little scamp! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is a scamp, I am afraid. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I shall have enough to do this year, with an idle scamp of a son, without paying for wedding-clothes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But it would be as easy to wring your neck, with all your bravery, as it would that of my handsome scamp yonder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I regret that you should be forced to keep company with such a scamp as I am; but I am afraid you will have to make up your mind to that or—go away. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I think he is a scamp, retorted Maurice briefly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You are a picturesque scamp, but only a scamp for all that. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yes, he is far too friendly with that scamp of an Alcibiades, who is an excessively dangerous man. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But never mind this scamp; I wish to hear all about your cruise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You've been stopping to “over” all the posts in Bristol, you idle young scamp! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I do not trust the scamp called Andros. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- All those scamps are sound asleep, and will not attack before dawn. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Thee'd better keep out of sight, with thy speechifying, said Phineas; they're mean scamps. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Alcibiades knows all the scum of the Levant, and I have no doubt can get a few hundred scamps together. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wish those two had been the leaders, said Justinian cheerfully; both the scamps are there. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But it might reveal the boat to those scamps, said Justinian, as they rapidly descended the narrow staircase. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Peasants, sailors, Turkish scamps, and stupid islanders. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Suppose that building was a ruin and I was a corpse--what then, you lads behind these two scamps? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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