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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as scampish.

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  • adjective scampish

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Examples

  • Did dear Emma Claire fall victim of her scampy brother?

    BOY am I tired of sexist boy stories 2008

  • Did dear Emma Claire fall victim of her scampy brother?

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • But mostly the story of New York City in 1969 was the mysterious convergence of two weird partners: the scampy New York Mets and the aristocratic prep-schooled, Yale-educated, baseball-innocent mayor, John Lindsay.

    Summer of Glove! 2009

  • But mostly the story of New York City in 1969 was the mysterious convergence of two weird partners: the scampy New York Mets and the aristocratic prep-schooled, Yale-educated, baseball-innocent mayor, John Lindsay.

    Summer of Glove! 2009

  • We live in a country governed by a bong-socialist clique whose default position is that the entire population is a covert racist, homophobe or even a 'transphobic'. scampy

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • But mostly the story of New York City in 1969 was the mysterious convergence of two weird partners: the scampy New York Mets and the aristocratic prep-schooled, Yale-educated, baseball-innocent mayor, John Lindsay.

    Summer of Glove! 2009

  • But he plays basketball religiously (semi-scampy), and I saw him bust a move on Ellen that showed a degree of mischievousness which went a long way toward erasing his more Adlai Stevenson-like qualities.

    Seth Greenland: Scamps vs. Dorks: Why Do We Want to Have a Beer with the President? 2008

  • The ability to wield a shiv with aplomb may not exactly be scampy in the pure sense, but compared to the slightly NPR quality Obama is projecting Hillary is a veritable Tracey Ullman.

    Seth Greenland: Scamps vs. Dorks: Why Do We Want to Have a Beer with the President? 2008

  • Dennis Quaid will salute equally scampy Billy Bob Thornton (two speeches to record).

    Austin360 - XL Headlines 2009

  • Linda Gray will induct "Dallas" co-star Larry Hagman; multigifted Keith Carradine will honor vari-talented Powers Boothe; scampy

    Austin360 - XL Headlines 2009

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