Example Sentences

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Obviously, they had scamped their work, and Boyle expostulated.

From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis

But she had scamped her work in modelling the close, narrow nostrils.

From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May

In jumping over a low fence into a lane his one foot came down sideways on a large stone upon which some pauper had scamped his work, and the mischief was done.

From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Weyman, Stanley John

He had moved into these new quarters while I was down in Warwickshire, and the man who put in the windows had scamped his job.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

This could not have been if he had scamped his lessons, could it? 

From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Champness, Thomas