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scamp

-1 n. கயவன், போக்கிரி, செல்லப்பெயர் வகை.-2 v. கடனுக்குப் பணியாற்று, அரைகுறை வேலைசெய்.


Scamp, n. Etym: [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.] Defn: A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey. Scamp, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scamp,n., or Scant, a., and Skimp.] Defn: To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.] A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. Wedgwood. Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. T. Hughes. Scamp, n. Etym: [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.] Defn: A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey. Scamp, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scamp,n., or Scant, a., and Skimp.] Defn: To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.] A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. Wedgwood. Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. T. Hughes.


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