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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamp  \Scamp\  (sk[a^]mp),  n.  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamp  \Scamp\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Scamp},n.,  or  {Scant},  a.,  and 
  {Skimp}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scamp 
  n  :  one  who  is  playfully  mischievous  [syn:  {imp},  {monkey},  {rascal}, 
  {rapscallion},  {scalawag},  {scallywag}] 
  v  :  perform  hastily  and  carelessly 




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