Scamp

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 93

skamp, n. a vagabond: a mean fellow.— v.i. Scam′per , to run with speed and trepidation.— n. a rapid run.— adj. Scam′pish , rascally. [O. Fr. escamper , to flee—It. scamp are , to escape—L. ex , out, campus, a battlefield.]