scamp
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++scamp /skæmp/ noun [countable] old-fashioned SSCa child who has fun by tricking people 小淘气，调皮鬼
Examples from the Corpus
scamp• She had been a scamp in those days, he said, sighing with exaggerated wistfulness.• Actually, I wouldn't mind at all, because as far as I can make out Walter was an amiable scamp.• Why, it's Murdoch, the scamp!Origin scamp (1700-1800) scamp “to wander around” ((18-19 centuries)), perhaps from scamperscamp nounChinese
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scamp
scamp /skæmp/
noun [countable] old-fashioned
scamp /skæmp/
noun [countable] old-fashioned Date: 1700-1800
Origin: scamp 'to wander around' (18-19 centuries), perhaps from scamper
a child who has fun by tricking people
Origin: scamp 'to wander around' (18-19 centuries), perhaps from scamper