scamp
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For adult readers and viewers, he’s a comical scamp; to a kid, he’s an ideal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
Still in his younger scamp days, George W. Bush lifted his pant leg to show off his cowboy boots and proudly declared that he was the black sheep of the family.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
And I was exasperated when my firstborn started imitating the antics of that naughty scamp, particularly by upending her plate at the table.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Is he the playful scamp who once gave an underling a piggyback ride after a rocket engine test?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Had no future, was a scamp, possibly even a scoundrel.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Saturday was a night of four headliners at Glastonbury, with fans facing the cruel choice between pop queen Charli XCX, rock legend Neil Young, disco scamps Scissor Sisters and Doechii - rap's hottest new voice.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Having appeared in four movies, numerous short films and a Universal Studios ride, among myriad other media, the subservient scamps return to playing second fiddle in “The Rise of Gru.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
One bird fell to the ground, and after the scamps scattered, Kentigern stroked its feathers and prayed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
A brigade of social media scamps soon offered an observation about Commander.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
I’ll be jiggered if I can see how there could be any connection between those scamps and that wild man with the hairy hide.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island by Allen, Quincy
Germany has scamped its obligations in almost exactly the degree that his hand has faltered.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for last year's veiling ceremonies at Khartoum, the Sudanese for whom he had founded a school may have scamped the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
Book reviews miss the irascible authority of Edmund Wilson, though on occasion the scamped book section is rescued by John Updike or V.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
To rebuke the covetous, the painter would show to the life the Devils pouring molten gold down the throat of Bishop or Abbess, who had commissioned some work from him and then scamped his pay.
From The Well of Saint Clare by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)
The objection that the piece system leads to careless, scamped and inferior work, call hardly be considered a genuine working-class objection.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
And there is no scamping of the invisible details.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he has played up trivialities while scamping essentials: Becket's great career as Chancellor is passed over; his clashes with Henry, on becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, go unused.
From Time Magazine Archive
While scamping his studies as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, he came down with rheumatic fever, which left him with a bad heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
M. Stumpe's intrepid industry was further shown in disregard of customary "scamping" subterfuges.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various
He had hurried back to lunch, scamping it so that he might get to his piano for an hour of forgetfulness.
From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John
