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the scamp
noun
A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
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Honestly, I could slap the scamp.
But honestly, I could have hugged him, the scamp.
Together they are "Britain's unlikeliest couple" (The Lady And The Scamp, November 5).
The scamp with the dancing eyes, loose ethics and a bawdy tale for all occasions?
In 1983, envious Plymouth dealers got their own version, called the Scamp.
Playing the scamp, Trautwig said: "Lisa, Dick Ebersol's on the line.
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Watching the show, I had to agree — and to mourn, all the more, the scamp-shaped hole left by his absence.
The scamps bit the ankles and trouser bottoms of a policeman, the Royal Clock Winder, a chauffeur and a member of the Grenadier Guard and a palace sentry.
A few days later, the resort management announced that the scamps had run up a $700 phone bill.
The Aussies are happy to ease a couple of singles, and they're slowing him down between balls the scamps, as Afridi does love to get on with it.
If there's only a middle seat left in the Quiet Zone, is it better to reserve it, and be safe from kicking, mewling and nappies, or to go where few travellers dare and sit with the scamps in the back?
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