gamp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gamp
1860–65; after the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit
Example Sentences
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"You don't think I'd do a thing like that on purpose!" he said, and saw for the first time that the man with the gamp was Joses.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant
A man in a slouch hat, carrying a gamp as untidy as himself, was walking before them down the middle of the road.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant
Molly had put on her shabbiest hat and oldest jacket; her gloves had some holes in them; her umbrella was rolled up in such a thick, ungainly fashion that it looked like a gamp.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
The one I've got is an old gamp with a stout indiarubber ring to it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various
One girl screamed, but the heroine from the old-established lodging-house boldly entered the cage, swinging her gamp.
From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson
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