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Varlet vs Scamp - What's the difference?

varlet | scamp |

As nouns the difference between varlet and scamp

is that varlet is (obsolete) a servant or attendant while scamp is a rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

As a verb scamp is

(dated) to skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

varlet

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A servant or attendant.
  • * 1843 , '', book 2, ch. 8, ''The Electon
    • The Winchester Manorhouse has fled bodily, like a Dream of the old Night (...) . House and people, royal and episcopal, lords and varlets , where are they?
  • (historical) Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood.
  • (archaic) A rogue or scoundrel.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 410:
    • My lady to be called a nasty Scotch wh–re by such a varlet !—To be sure I wish I had knocked his brains out with the punchbowl.
  • * 1886 , , The Bostonians .
  • *:He was false, cunning, vulgar, ignoble; the cheapest kind of human product.... The white, puffy mother, with the high forehead, in the corner there, looked more like a lady; but if she were one, it was all the more shame to her to have mated with such a varlet , Ransom said to himself, making use, as he did generally, of terms of opprobrium extracted from the older English literature.
  • (obsolete, cards) The jack.

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    scamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
  • A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
    • My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.
    While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
  • * 1884,
    • His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=3 citation , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}

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