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scamps
We have found lemma(root) word of scamps : scamp.
Definitions
[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)
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Origin
:
mid 19th century: perhaps the same word as scamp, but associated in sense with the verb skimp
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