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Scamp

noun

One who is playfully mischievous. Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag.

verb

Perform hastily and carelessly.

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"Scamp" Quotes from Famous Books

... neighbourhood as any London slum, and they were particularly emphatic in denouncing the public-house known as The Derby Winner, and kept by a certain William Mosk, who was a sporting scoundrel and a horsey scamp. This ill-famed hostel was placed at the foot of the hill, in what had once been the main street, and being near the Eastgate, caught in its web most of the thirsty passers-by who entered the city proper, either ...

— The Bishop's Secret • Fergus Hume

... One doesn't trust servants nowadays. My man's a scamp, but I can depend on him up to a certain point because I pay him well. Anyhow we must make the best of a bad job. If I cut straight down from here I shall get into the tradesmen's ...

— Nightfall • Anthony Pryde

... at a blank wall here. We lack a guide now, that is sure. Two interpreters we have, who may or may not be of use, but no one knows the country. But now—you know our other new interpreter, the sullen chap, Charbonneau—that polygamous scamp with ...

— The Magnificent Adventure - Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and - the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman • Emerson Hough

... sure! I'll grant that he's a gentleman," Gravener presently added, "if you'll admit that he's a scamp." ...

— The Coxon Fund • Henry James

... goody Liu promptly gave him a slap. "You mean scamp!" she cried. "What an awful rumpus you're kicking up! I simply brought you along with me to look at things; and lo, you put on airs;" and she beat Pan Erh until he burst out crying. It was only after every ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

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