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Origin of the word "scamp"

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ajeffries | 14:49 Wed 08th Jun 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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In the advertising business a "scamp" is a rough design idea for an advert.  Does anyone know the origin of this word?

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It's a variant of 'skimp', meaning to do something rapidly, carelessly or basically, probably based on the Old Norse word 'skemma', meaning to shorten.
15:41 Wed 08th Jun 2005
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Yes, scamp means to perform hastily and carelessly (as I suppose a rough draft woud be).  As QM says it probably has it's roots from olde, but via a 1687 term 'scamper' which means to run hastily. 
17:01 Fri 10th Jun 2005

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