"I'll go and find the little scamp; a run will do me good; so will a breath of air and a view of the park from the upper windows.

He jes' stood wid his hans on his sides an' larf an' larf, till de Jedge he hev ter larf too, an' he call him a graceless scamp, an' say he send him ter Coventry, an' Mass Lennux he say 'all right ef de Jedge go 'long too, an' take de horses, he couldn't do widout dem nohow.'

In all your libel suits against these degraded wretches I sympathize entirely with you, and there are thousands who now thank you in their hearts for the moral courage you display in bringing these licentious scamps to a knowledge of their duty.

Bah, you disgraceful scamp!

So much the worse for you idle scamps.

What a worthless scamp!

Do you mean, Haines, that this is the same damned scamp who tried to stick me?" "No doubt of it.

"He is a dangerous scamp.

He had expected to be ushered into some princely dwelling, for he had judged his interlocutor to be some rich and eccentric noble, unless he were an erratic scamp.

BONONCINI AND THE SCARLATTIS Of that exquisite and elegant scamp Bononcini, who was the great rival of Händel in the London operatic war, I find no amorous gossip, though Hawkins says he was the favourite of the Duchess of Marlborough, who gave him a pension of £500 per year, and had him live in her home until he was compelled to leave London, by various scandals attached to his repute as an honest gentleman.

He has not the power to think or act for himself, and is consequently the prey of every faddist scamp who can string a dozen words together intelligently.

I've had to do with too many handsome scamps for that.

" "You are a hardened scamp, Rolfe, with a very perverse sense of humour," said Crewe.

One impetuous scamp, being told not to go in front of the line during a beat near Burgamma, replied to the warning caution of his jemadar, 'Oh never mind, if get shot I will get backsheesh.'

DODGER (The Artful), the sobriquet of Jack Dawkins, an artful thievish young scamp, in the boy crew of Fagin the Jew villain.

He was the tall intriguing scamp who had charmed the eyes of Rosalia at the inn!

This manner of viewing questions from a single viewpoint was also the method of that literary scamp, Nettement, whom some people would have made the other's rival.

Come, off with yer, if yer don't want ter be locked up!" Poor little Ally didn't stop to reason,to think of the difference in the outward appearance of herself and the boy,to see that the policeman knew the boy perfectly well for a mischievous young scamp who was up to no good.

Rogue, knave, rascal, miscreant, scamp, sharper, villain.

It would have been better if you hadn't told me, nasty scamp that you are!

Hear what has happened to those negro scamps, Musiciansrogues, and Aïssaoua.

Hand me over to the sheriff!" Patterson had suddenly grasped both the hands of the picturesque scamp before him, with an affection that for an instant almost shamed the man who had ruined him.

" Jason's jest the slickest scamp, Full of jokes as he can hold; Says he beats Aladdin's lamp, Givin' out new stuff fer old; "Buy your rags fer more 'n they're worth, Give yer bran'-new, shiny tin, I'm the softest snap on earth," Says old Jason, with a grin.

The first example given relates to the Chinooks of Washington Territory, and may be found in Swan.[80] In this instance old Cartumhays, and old Mahar, a celebrated doctor, were the chief mourners, probably from being the smartest scamps among the relatives.

He was the tall intriguing scamp who had charmed the eyes of Rosalia at the inn!