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As for last year's veiling ceremonies at Khartoum, the Sudanese for whom he had founded a school may have scamped the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

Book reviews miss the irascible authority of Edmund Wilson, though on occasion the scamped book section is rescued by John Updike or V.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Germany has scamped its obligations in almost exactly the degree that his hand has faltered.

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Grégoire Le Roy scamped painting at the Ecole St Luc and the Atelier Gervex et Humbert; and the pair of them spent a great deal of time in the museums.

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Bithell, Jethro

It is extraordinary how artists of genius have literally "scamped" the poor unfortunate "fiddle-stick" in such works.

From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Saint-George, Henry