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** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A rascal , swindler , or rogue ; < !--Webster's 1913--> a ne'er-do-well .
2. * [1=en]
3. A mischievous person, especially a playful , impish youngster .
4. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[rascal, swindler]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
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[mischievous youngster]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Ido: [io]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Polish: [pl] [regional]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
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*** Etymology 2
Perhaps related to [en], but influenced by the later attested [en]; however,
compare [en], which is related to [is].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To skimp ; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
2. * 1884, Basa Sunda: Author:Samuel Smiles , _Basa Sunda: Men of Invention and Industry/Chapter XII_
3. *: His work was always first-rate. There was no SCAMPING about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1928 | author=Lawrence R. Bourne
|title=Well Tackled! |chapter=3|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W
|passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison,
“and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean SCAMPED
work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
***** Translations
[1. To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- German: [de]
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*** Etymology 3
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A preliminary design sketch .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=Adrian Mackay | title=Practice of Advertising | page=124
|passage=It did not matter that the SCAMP (simple illustrative line-drawing)
it contained could have been done in the pub the night before.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | title=FCS: Advertising & Promotions L4 | page=25
|passage=From the SCAMPS, the creative idea can be developed more fully into a
proposal for an actual ad. This needs to be clear enough to present to the
client.}}
*** Anagrams
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