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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Dupe of idle scamp

Hi
Please help me with the meaning of the line in bold.
Context: A sister is disgusted with here brother who is a bishop for being too generous with people who she thinks are dishonest or lazy.
"You are a dupe of every idle scamp or lying old woman in parish."
What is the meaning of scamp here?
  

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Hi Story: The Bishop's Candlesticks, by Norman Mckinnell. Here, scamp is said to convey that the person(old woman) is worthless and not worthy of help. The person has been said as wicked and deceitful.

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi Story: The Bishop's Candlesticks, by Norman Mckinnell.
  • Here, scamp is said to convey that the person(old woman) is worthless and not worthy of help.
  • The person has been said as wicked and deceitful.
  • Prajwal
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Hi
Story: The Bishop's Candlesticks, by Norman Mckinnell.

Here, scamp is said to convey that the person(old woman) is worthless and not worthy of help. The person has been said as wicked and deceitful.

Prajwal
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Hi Vsuresh,
This line is from a play by Norman McKinnel, which was produced in London in 1908. The play is based upon an incident that takes place in the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

As it is used here, a "scamp" is a wicked or worthless person; a rogue.
The Bishop's sister (Persome) accuses him of being a patsy - or victim - (dupe) of ev
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Persome calls the Bishop, ‘the dupe of every idle scamp’ because she felt that the Bishop was easily taken advantage of by his parishioners. She thought that people exploited the Bishop’s goodness and humility by fooling him. She was in fact hurt to see the Bishop sacrificing his joys and comfort for the sake of others.

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