vampern.

/ˈvampə/

Etymology: < vamp v.¹

†1. A stocking. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps an error for vampeis or vampeys.In later slang dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking

hose1297

stock1456

netherstock1535

shanka1547

undersock1556

nether-stocking1581

stocking1583

shinner1585

stockard1597

vamper1699

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Vampers, Stockings.

2. One who vamps or patches. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun]

clouterc1440

maker-up?a1444

botcher1499

repairer?1504

reparationer1520

patcher1528

bodger1538

repareller1546

mender1552

sarcinator1646

vamper1712

piecer1764

renovator1827

repairman1856

fixer?1881

serviceman1905

Mr Fixit1924

fixit man1949

fixit1982

1712 Odes of Horace viii. 7/1 Our Horace is a new vamper of words and borrowed this from the Greek.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxviii. 136 That in selling my chaise, I had sold my remarks..to the chaise-vamper.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 99 I shall use all vampers, like the great American shrike.., who sticks small singing-birds on sharp-pointed thorns.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 206 Skilfullest vamper up of old rotten leather, to make it look like new.

3. slang. (See quot. 1864.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice > who screens operations

cover1819

vamper1864

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Vampers, fellows who frequent public-houses and pick quarrels with the wearers of rings and watches, in hopes of getting up a fight, and so enabling their ‘pals’ to steal the articles.

4. One who improvises music, esp. accompaniments on the pianoforte.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > improviser

improvisatrice1770

improvisateur1783

improvisator1790

improviser1824

improvisor1830

vamper1884

faker1903

noodler1937

1884 Yorks. Post 7 Nov. Lady pianist and vocalist, reader at sight, vamper.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. His education as a vamper is complete for all practical purposes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	vamper
释义	vampern. /ˈvampə/ Etymology: < vamp v.¹ †1. A stocking. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps an error for vampeis or vampeys.In later slang dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking hose1297 stock1456 netherstock1535 shanka1547 undersock1556 nether-stocking1581 stocking1583 shinner1585 stockard1597 vamper1699 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Vampers, Stockings. 2. One who vamps or patches. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] clouterc1440 maker-up?a1444 botcher1499 repairer?1504 reparationer1520 patcher1528 bodger1538 repareller1546 mender1552 sarcinator1646 vamper1712 piecer1764 renovator1827 repairman1856 fixer?1881 serviceman1905 Mr Fixit1924 fixit man1949 fixit1982 1712 Odes of Horace viii. 7/1 Our Horace is a new vamper of words and borrowed this from the Greek. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxviii. 136 That in selling my chaise, I had sold my remarks..to the chaise-vamper. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 99 I shall use all vampers, like the great American shrike.., who sticks small singing-birds on sharp-pointed thorns. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 206 Skilfullest vamper up of old rotten leather, to make it look like new. 3. slang. (See quot. 1864.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice > who screens operations cover1819 vamper1864 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Vampers, fellows who frequent public-houses and pick quarrels with the wearers of rings and watches, in hopes of getting up a fight, and so enabling their ‘pals’ to steal the articles. 4. One who improvises music, esp. accompaniments on the pianoforte. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > improviser improvisatrice1770 improvisateur1783 improvisator1790 improviser1824 improvisor1830 vamper1884 faker1903 noodler1937 1884 Yorks. Post 7 Nov. Lady pianist and vocalist, reader at sight, vamper. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 24 Sept. His education as a vamper is complete for all practical purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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