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Origin of gamp1860–65; after the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit Words nearby gampgamophobia, gamophyllous, gamosepalous, -gamous, Gamow, gamp, gamut, gamy, gan, ganache, Gäncä Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gampMartin Chuzzlewit, the Dickens novel in which Mrs. Gamp appears, is not my favorite of his books by any means. My Imaginary Literary Friends|Malcolm Jones|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mrs. Gamp says that if it hadn't been for you, I should have snuffed out. The Honour of the Clintons|Archibald Marshall But our road, as Mrs. Gamp philosophically remarks, being born in a vale, must take the consequences of such a situation. Surrey|A.R. Hope Moncrieff The umbrella-net, when in its case, looks very like the familiar "gamp." The Butterflies of the British Isles|Richard South
Indeed there were some persons as sceptical of his existence as Mrs. Gamp was of his female namesake. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857|Charles L. Graves It also added the immortal figure of Mrs. Gamp (not unattended by any means) to the glorious list of his comic creations. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)|George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for gamp
nounBritish informal an umbrella Word Origin for gampC19: after Mrs Sarah Gamp, a nurse in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, who carried a faded cotton umbrella Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gampcanopy, sunshade, brolly, bumbershoot |