gamp
an umbrella.
Origin of gamp
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How to use gamp in a sentence
Martin Chuzzlewit, the Dickens novel in which Mrs. gamp appears, is not my favorite of his books by any means.
"I fuf-fuf-fuf, fail to see huh-huh-how that applies," said Joe gamp, a lad with a serious impediment in his speech.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishNow when I go, I take my husband's "storm" gamp and sit in a corner, hiding behind it.
In a German Pension | Katherine MansfieldAmong all his humorous creations, Mrs. gamp is perhaps the most intensely original and the most thoroughly individualised.
Charles Dickens as a Reader | Charles KentMrs. gamp herself, when roused, is under the same embarrassing misapprehension.
Charles Dickens as a Reader | Charles Kent
Here it is that Mrs. gamp's distinctive characteristics begin to assert themselves conspicuously.
Charles Dickens as a Reader | Charles Kent
British Dictionary definitions for gamp
/ (ɡæmp) /
British informal an umbrella
Origin of gamp
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