[skamp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way
(e.g: some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell)

- a wicked or worthless person; a rogue
(e.g: that man was a scamp, a damn thief)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century (denoting a highwayman): from obsolete scamp ‘rob on the highway’, probably from Middle Dutch schampen ‘slip away’, from Old French eschamper. Early usage (still reflected in West Indian English) was derogatory

[skamp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way
(e.g: she had scamped her work)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps the same word as scamp, but associated in sense with the verb skimp