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Webster 1913 Edition
Scamp
Scamp
(skămp)
, Noun.
[OF.
escamper
to run away, to make one’s escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper
.] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
De Quincey.
Scamp
,Verb.
T.
To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
[Colloq.]
A workman is said to
scamp
his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. Wedgwood.
Much of the
scamping
and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. T. Hughes.