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  • noun Plural form of scamp.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scamp.

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Examples

  • He had determined to call the scamps to account for the injury done him.

    The Lost Trail Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

  • Aristocrat blew £1. 6m of family's charity on living the high life Office 'scamps' long to work abroad new

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Aristocrat blew £1. 6m of family's charity on living the high life Office 'scamps' long to work abroad new

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Aristocrat blew £1. 6m of family's charity on living the high life Office 'scamps' long to work abroad new

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • So Ant and Dec's new show, for instance, appears under the aegis of Ambrosia puds, sweet and easily digestible, like the Geordie scamps themselves, followed in ITV's irresistible new Saturday night schedule by the zingy dating show, Take Me Out, sponsored by a spot cream called Freederm.

    Liverpool's European Losers Cup outing is enough to make ad men mad | Martin Kelner 2011

  • These is fresh Fixed scamps, and they ain't in need of hearing things what they won't understand.

    Jack Scallywag Hal Duncan 2009

  • But more'n that, scamps, this here's a tale of the single most villainest villain ever to prey on the likes of us, the vulture of vagabonds, the buzzard of beggars, the scavenger of Scruffians ... the Waiftaker General himself.

    The Scruffians Project: The Beast of Buskerville Hal Duncan 2010

  • Familiar childcare scrapes are given a lazy gross-out update, as Hill takes three scamps on a more grown-up adventure than most grown-up or not would want to see.

    This week's new films 2012

  • But more'n that, scamps, this here's a tale of the single most villainest villain ever to prey on the likes of us, the vulture of vagabonds, the buzzard of beggars, the scavenger of Scruffians ... the Waiftaker General himself.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • But more'n that, scamps, this here's a tale of the single most villainest villain ever to prey on the likes of us, the vulture of vagabonds, the buzzard of beggars, the scavenger of Scruffians ... the Waiftaker General himself.

    A Reminder Hal Duncan 2010

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