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▪ I. scamping, vbl. n.|ˈskæmpɪŋ| [f. scamp v.2 + -ing1.] The action of the vb. scamp.
1862Smiles Engineers III. 467 He did all thoroughly and honestly. There was no scamping with him. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 150 A scamping in the work,..a flaw in the metal, may mean the destruction of the train. ▪ II. scamping, ppl. a.1|ˈskæmpɪŋ| [f. scamp v.1 or n. + -ing2.] That behaves as a scamp, good-for-nothing.
1832W. Stephenson Gateshead Poems 63 The scamping, filthy loon. 1839Stonehouse Axholme 244 note, You are not one of these scamping Dutchmen, but one of the original..inhabitants of the country. ▪ III. scamping, ppl. a.2|ˈskæmpɪŋ| [f. scamp v.2 + -ing2.] Of a workman, etc.: That scamps work.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 199 One man..informed me that ‘mac’ was most in demand among scamping builders. |