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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Under the Old Umbrella, Beneath the leaking gamp, Wrapped up in woolly phrases We battle with the damp.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Well, there it is as glaring and apparent as Borrow’s big green gamp or De Quincey’s insularity.
From The Vagabond in Literature by Rickett, Arthur
Ach! it vos so pad I haf to get oudt right avay, und come pack to der gamp.
From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Douglas, Alan
"Mark me, I'll find him, and when I do—" The sweep of her bulky gamp nearly knocked Bonypart off his platform.
From The Missing Link by Dyson, Edward
Some English "fellah" Has left his rotten gamp, and carried off My own Umbrella!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 by Various
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