Synonyms
Meaning of scamp in English
(Definition of scamp from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of scamp
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No punishment can be too severe for such vagabonds and scamps that are in our towns and cities everywhere.
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It is not correct to say that the medical men who are engaged in contract practice do scamp their work.
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They have scamped the work in lavatories and stair heads.
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There is no question that it will be scamped of money it really wants.
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Work was less likely to be scamped, and the danger of garments becoming infected with disease in the worker's home avoided.
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He also asked that facilities should not be scamped.
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This looks a formidable amount to be required at one time, unless they have been scamping during the last three years.
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We have to catch a scamp if we can, but which do we put first?
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You will hit a few scamps, but you will hit a great many more innocent men.
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I am in full agreement with him that education is a form of investment which we cannot scamp.
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The whole countryside is being scamped in its services and generally ill-treated.
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It was said the other day that there had been scamping in connection with house construction in recent years.
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Either the questions have been scamped or answers have been given that investigations are necessary and that a reply will be given later.
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I make this allegation: that some of their work is scamped.
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It was suggested that contractors were scamping their work, and that they should be compelled to give a rebate.
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