From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscampscamp /skæmp/ noun [countable] old-fashioned SSCa child who has fun by tricking people
Examples from the Corpus
scamp• She had been a scamp in those days, he said, sighing with exaggerated wistfulness.• Actually, I wouldn't mind at all, because as far as I can make out Walter was an amiable scamp.• Why, it's Murdoch, the scamp!Origin scamp (1700-1800) scamp “to wander around” ((18-19 centuries)), perhaps from scamper 