gamp

[ gamp ]

noun

, British Informal.

1. an umbrella.

gamp

/ ɡæmp /

noun

1. informal.
   an umbrella

Word History and Origins

Origin of gamp¹

1860–65; after the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit

Word History and Origins

Origin of gamp¹

C19: after Mrs Sarah Gamp, a nurse in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, who carried a faded cotton umbrella

Example Sentences

It was quite a good disguise; and a pair of black cotton gloves, two sizes too large, and a sort of lumpy gamp umbrella helped to suggest the character I had in my mind.

From Project Gutenberg

In earnest whereof Mrs. Parsley again thumped the floor with her "gamp."

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A "gamp" became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.

From The Guardian

Well, there it is as glaring and apparent as Borrow’s big green gamp or De Quincey’s insularity. 

From Project Gutenberg

Hitting, then, is the weak point of the gamp.

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