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Definition of Scamped
1. scamp [v] - See also: scamp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scamped
Literary usage of Scamped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Materia Medica (1877)
"It may be the occupant, it may be the landlord, or it may be the builder, who
scamped the work; it may be the workman, who idly, carelessly performed the ..."
2. Some Personal Reminiscences of Carlyle by Andrew James Symington (1886)
"OF HIS HOUSE—OF GOOD AND scamped BUILDINGS. Referring to his house, built in the
reign of Queen Anne, he discoursed of good and bad bricks, remarking that' ..."
3. Lectures on the Labour Question by Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey (1878)
"It is stated that there is a great danger that piece-work may be 'scamped,' but
that is a matter of supervision. I do not think it is dignified of the men ..."
4. Lectures on the Labour Question by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1878)
"It is stated that there is a great danger that piece-work may be ' scamped,' but
that is a matter of supervision. I do not think it is dignified of the men ..."
5. On the Civic Relations by Henry Holt (1907)
"People often falsely reason about a good many other things as they do about
scamped work. ... In point of honesty, scamped work is exactly on a ..."
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