scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
scampishness
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a word derived from
scamp.
Example Sentences
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The brains of the whole company were excited, and they revelled in every form of scampishness.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Walter Runciman
Strange to say, his poverty and his scampishness and his lies almost recommended him to her.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
