ne’er-do-well vs scamp

ne’er-do-well

scamp

noun

  • A preliminary design sketch. 

  • A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. 

  • A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. 

How often have the words ne’er-do-well and scamp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )