scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
scamping
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present participleof scamp.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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While scamping his studies as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, he came down with rheumatic fever, which left him with a bad heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there is no scamping of the invisible details.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he has played up trivialities while scamping essentials: Becket's great career as Chancellor is passed over; his clashes with Henry, on becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, go unused.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had hurried back to lunch, scamping it so that he might get to his piano for an hour of forgetfulness.
From Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy
"Have I told you of my scare in a tunnel I got some 'extra' profit out of by real scamping?"
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
