scampish
- a word derived from scamp.
Example Sentences
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The scampish Duchess has some scores to settle, and the melancholy Woolly mentions a cash inheritance locked in a safe in upstate New York.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
In that role, Mr. Cole combined Scrooge’s stinginess with a scampish common sense that epitomized Britons’ mania for upward mobility in the 1980s.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015
Mr. Bosworth’s expansive, scampish personality was stamped everywhere, so much so that it was common to speak of a cult of personality at the school.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2011
There are ready, fond and funny reminiscences of their scampish escapades.
From Time Magazine Archive
"That scampish fellow's conduct is killing poor Lackington," would say a noble lord.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
