Scamp \Scamp\ (sk[a^]mp), n. [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See {Scamper}.] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. --De Quincey.
Scamp \Scamp\, v. t. [Cf. {Scamp},n., or {Scant}, a., and {Skimp}.] To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.]
A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. --Wedgwood.
Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. --T. Hughes.