scampingn.
/ˈskampɪŋ/ The action of scamp v.2
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of
slubbering1582
slobbering1649
scambling1659
skirting1687
steamboating1826
scamping1862
slur1882
1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 467 He did all thoroughly and honestly. There was no scamping with him.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 150 A scamping in the work,..a flaw in the metal, may mean the destruction of the train.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
scampingadj.1
/ˈskampɪŋ/ That behaves as a scamp, good-for-nothing.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]
forcouthc888
goodlesseOE
undoughtya1225
voidc1380
bare1399
stark naught1528
worthilessa1542
queer1567
worthless1573
hilding1577
baggage1580
arrant1581
offal1588
lorel1590
losel1601
ragamuffin1602
loselled1606
loselly1611
valuelessa1616
ragamuffa1626
good-for-nothing1706
ne'er-do-well1773
rotten1813
neat1824
scamping1832
good-for-naught1835
no good1838
scampish1847
ne'er-do-wellish1890
no good1904
upter1919
never-do-well1933
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless
forcouthc888
worthless1576
hilding1577
baggage1580
lorel1590
losel1601
ragamuffin1602
loselled1606
loselly1611
offala1626
ragamuffa1626
vagabond1630
good-for-nought1663
good-for-nothing1706
ne'er-do-well1773
ragabash1818
neat1824
scamping1832
scampish1847
wutless1853
trashy1862
ne'er-do-wellish1890
suck-egg1892
never-do-well1933
punk-ass1971
1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 63 The scamping, filthy loon.
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 244 (note) You are not one of these scamping Dutchmen, but one of the original..inhabitants of the country.
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scampingadj.2
/ˈskampɪŋ/ Of a workman, etc.: That scamps work.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > specifically of persons > in work of any kind
slubberinga1591
slovenly1603
scamping1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 199/1 One man..informed me that.. ‘mac’ was most in demand among scamping builders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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