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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. scampish
2. * [page=101]
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=September 30, 1988 | author=Henry Sheehan | title=The White Woman's Burden | work=Chicago Reader | url=https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1988/880930/GORILLAS
|passage=Thanks to his association with Fossey, Sembagare rises in life from
SCAMPY village tour guide to responsible adjutant.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=December 20, 1991 | author=Toni Schlesinger | title=Heart Beat | work=Chicago Reader | url=https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1991/911220/LOVE1
|passage=The woman had collected a lot of stray dogs and I was petting the
dogs and all of a sudden I looked at one--he was kind of SCAMPY with a
know-it-all look on his face--and I saw he was holding my diaphragm in his
mouth.}}
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