Usage of "gamp" | TermGallery

Colloquial terms for an umbrella.

Sinônimos

Examples for "brolly"

Examples for "brolly"

Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her brolly and her medicines. 
 The Guardian 

Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a brolly, a jumper and a hat. 
 The Irish Times 

He slid the brolly into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike. 
 Sister Mine 

I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins brolly. 
 News.com.au 

For years women in motor racing were just "brolly dollies" or mascots. 
 The Irish Times 

Uso de gamp em inglês

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

You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a gamp. 
 A Dominie in Doubt 

All things are much as you left them, except that what regards gamp is a good deal better. 
 Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. 

Your gamp was someone else's. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 

It is a goot blace for a gamp, Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two. 
 Overland: A Novel 

Now when I go, I take my husband's "storm gamp" and sit in a corner, hiding behind it. 
 In a German Pension 

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 

But her failure is really more tragic than that of Mrs. Gamp. 
 Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough 

Mrs. Gamp nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion. 
 Old Friends: Essays in Epistolary Parody 

Gamp-Mixture of Pathos and Humour-Leverand Dickens compared-Dickens' power of Description-General Remarks. 
 History of English Humour, Vol. 2 

His water at least was cold, though Mrs. Gamp's was hot enough. 
 The Three Clerks 

Oh, Mrs. Gamp, I feel so-so-so-Ireally don't know how I feel.' 
 The Three Clerks 

As each classic character appeared-MrsGamp, Miss Squeers, Boots-theaudience roared even louder. 
 Drood: a novel 

Gamp caught his breath, and then he lay back and roared: 
 Frank Merriwell's Races 

Though they are not human beings, we all remember Mrs. Gamp and Pickwick. 
 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope 

Bink and Danny, Gamp and Dismal-otherfriends of his-werealready crowding round Merriwell. 
 Frank Merriwell's Reward 

Colocações frequentes

Gamp ao longo do tempo

Significados de gamp em inglês