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Traditional English :: scampi
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scampi.html - n.pl.
1 large prawns.
2 (often treated as sing.) a dish of these, usu. fried. [It.] |
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Traditional English :: scamp(1)
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scampi.html - n. colloq. a rascal; a rogue. scampish adj. [scamp rob on highway, prob. f. MDu. schampen decamp f. OF esc(h)amper (as EX-(1), L campus field)] |
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Traditional English :: scamp(2)
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scampi.html - v.tr.
do (work etc.) in a perfunctory or inadequate way. [perh. formed as SCAMP(1): cf. SKIMP] |
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Traditional English :: scamper
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scampi.html - v. & n. --v.intr. (usu. foll. by about, through) run and skip impulsively or playfully. --n. the act or an instance of scampering. [prob. formed as SCAMP(1)] |
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Traditional English :: scampi
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scampi.html - n.pl.
1 large prawns.
2 (often treated as sing.) a dish of these, usu. fried. [It.] |
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Traditional English :: scam
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scampi.html - n.
US sl.
1 a trick or swindle; a fraud.
2 a story or rumour. [20th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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