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Etymologies
- Probably from scamp, to go about idly, probably from obsolete Dutch schampen, to decamp, from Middle Dutch ontscampen; see scamper.Possibly of Scandinavian origin.
Examples
“He had determined to call the scamps to account for the injury done him.”
“Aristocrat blew £1. 6m of family's charity on living the high life Office 'scamps' long to work abroad new”
“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.”
“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.”
The Guardian: Liverpool's European Losers Cup outing is enough to make ad men mad | Martin Kelner
“These is fresh Fixed scamps, and they ain't in need of hearing things what they won't understand.”
“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.”
“Those irrepressible scamps Edward Sorel and Richard Lingeman offer their own take on the current financial crisis via Vanity Fair.”
“Would the poor little scamps rather huddle under muddy tarps or enjoy the warmth and comfort of modern slave quarters?”
Matthew Yglesias » Sherri Berman: Progressives Must Believe in Change
“The lovable working class scamps of the early 70s, the Likely Lads and the Liver Birds, have vanished from the great mass-market medium, TV, and in their place are the "chavs" of the popular imagination: the ne'er-do-well benefit scroungers of Shameless, or, what Jones calls the "classic example": Vicky Pollard, a fictional character, who's been somehow taken to be true.”
“Dissolute scions hidden in villas, nymphomaniac wives, a feral child, killers, schemers, louche scamps, virtual saints and "Da Vinci Code"-type plotters—these and dozens more cross Zen's path and test his ability to stay true to his moral values.”
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