Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a contemptible person.

1927		(con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 183: ‘Come on, you scurve,’ cried he, ‘you louse.’.
1935		N. Algren Somebody in Boots 175: Why, she were only some little scurve who lived in that place.
1975		E. Torres Carlito’s Way 135: The nerve of this scurve.