scamp:
(plural: ‘scamps‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a dishonest person; a cheat; a scallywag (previous entry);
a trouble-making but, usually, playful young person; a mischief-maker,
scamps in a scuffle
e.g.
Timmy is a notorious scam in our neighbourhood with ‘mischief’ painted all over his cheeky face.
On the eve of a festival you’ll see scamps roaming the streets, blaring their car horns, throwing empty beer cans at people until early hours.
It’s interesting to note that even aged, famous and well-educated people are called ‘scamps’ out of affection and those ‘scamps’ enjoy being called so!
For a political article that shows us how we come across this word in our daily browsing, please click here, for a political article in which we see politicans being called ‘scamps and dorks’, please click here and for a news article in which a much-loved famous person being called a scamp affectionately, please click here. (For an article that shows us how this word is used for animals and even in names of some pets, please click here.)
Note: ‘Scamp’, always with a capital ‘S’, is rarely found in the names of people, e.g. Clevansy Scamp, Dave Scamp, George Scamp, etc. For an article that explains the origin of this word as a surname/family name/last name, please click here.
