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Meanings of gamp in English

Colloquial terms for an umbrella.

Synonyms
Examples for "brolly"
Examples for "brolly"
1
Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her brolly and her medicines.
The Guardian
2
Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a brolly, a jumper and a hat.
The Irish Times
3
He slid the brolly into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike.
Sister Mine
4
I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins brolly.
News.com.au
5
For years women in motor racing were just "brolly dollies" or mascots.
The Irish Times
Usage of gamp in English
1
A "gamp" became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.
The Guardian
2
You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a gamp.
A Dominie in Doubt
3
All things are much as you left them, except that what regards gamp is a good deal better.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
4
Your gamp was someone else's.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919
5
It is a goot blace for a gamp, Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two.
Overland: A Novel
6
Now when I go, I take my husband's "storm gamp" and sit in a corner, hiding behind it.
In a German Pension
7
Well, I was going to a match at lord's, and it looked rather dull, so mother told me I'd better take a gamp.
A Dominie in Doubt
8
But her failure is really more tragic than that of Mrs. Gamp.
Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
9
Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody
10
Gamp-Mixture of Pathos and Humour-Leverand Dickens compared-Dickens' power of Description-General Remarks.
History of English Humour, Vol. 2
11
His water at least was cold, though Mrs. Gamp's was hot enough.
The Three Clerks
12
Oh, Mrs. Gamp, I feel so-so-so-Ireally don't know how I feel.'
The Three Clerks
13
As each classic character appeared-MrsGamp, Miss Squeers, Boots-theaudience roared even louder.
Drood: a novel
14
Gamp caught his breath, and then he lay back and roared:
Frank Merriwell's Races
15
Though they are not human beings, we all remember Mrs. Gamp and Pickwick.
An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
16
Bink and Danny, Gamp and Dismal-otherfriends of his-werealready crowding round Merriwell.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
Frequent collocations
Gamp through the time