2. Verb. (third-person singular of scamp) ¹
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Definition of Scamps
1. scamp [v] - See also: scamp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scamps
Literary usage of Scamps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"They are very shrewd, plodding, and frugal; but many of them are great scamps,
and they are almost all repulsive in their persons and their habits. ..."
2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... comforts—Systematic geniality—A standing puzzle — The respirator—-scamps,
fools, mendicants, and desperadoes—The wrongs of sailor-men—"Is this myself? ..."
3. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"Feeling of the Irish in America towards England—A Fatal Mistake—Not scamps and
Rowdies—Who they really are—Sympathy conquering Irritation — Indifference to ..."
4. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"Feeling of tho Irish in America towards England—A Fatal Mis- take—Not scamps and
Rowdies—Who they really are—Sympathy conquering Irritation — Indifference ..."
5. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray by Thomas Wright, Robert Harding Evans (1851)
"THREE scamps. THE THEEE BARRYMORES. Nov. 1st, 1791. The Earl of Barrymore and
his two brothers, three of tho wildest rakes of the day, whose follies ..."
6. The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845 to 1849 by James Knox Polk, Milo Milton Quaife (1910)
"lie good, or receiving any thanks from the scamps who in a majority of cases
apply to me for money. After night saw Senator Lewis and had a long ..."
7. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"... rendered the song exceedingly popular by introducing it in several other
characters. Ye scamps, ye Pads, ye Divers, and all upon the lay, ..."
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