Category:Scamp

Scamp, n. Etym: [of. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See scamper.]

Defn: a rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De quincey.

Scamp Scamp, v. t. Etym: [cf. Scamp,n., or scant, a., and skimp.]

Defn: 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.