scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
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
For the sitcom’s run from 1989 to ’93, Zack’s early adoption was a totem of his Los Angeles affluence and his wheeling-and-dealing scampish streak.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
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
The one merit of the delineation—that it is a portrait of a delicate Christian gentleman—is sadly marred by the vulgar smartness of Arthur's repartees with the scampish New-Yorker.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
