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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scamp1
▶noun informal a mischievous person, especially a child.
– derivatives
scampish adjective.
scampish adjective.
– origin C18 (denoting a highwayman): from obs. scamp ‘rob on the highway’, prob. from MDu. schampen ‘slip away’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scamp2
▶verb dated do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way.
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