scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
scamped
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past participleof scamp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scamp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scampnounan unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
Example Sentences
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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
Germany has scamped its obligations in almost exactly the degree that his hand has faltered.
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
The old builders, too, did a great deal of what is now known as "scamped work," although it was partly counteracted by the excellence of their lime and the thickness of their walls.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
The two lower classes scamped their gymnasium work to make it a success.
From Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers by Alice B. Emerson
