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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Ah! take and hide me in some hollow lair, Red hills of Var! and ye umbrella-pines, Cover me like a gamp!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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
In earnest whereof Mrs. Parsley again thumped the floor with her "gamp."
From A Woman's Burden by Hume, Fergus
Ac ni wnaeth y dysgedig Mr. Edward Llwyd o’r Musæum, gamp yn y byd yn y perwyl yma, er ei fod yn gydnabyddus â holl geinciau prifiaith Prydain.
From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan
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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