Synonyms for gamp


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gamp
Phonetic Transcription : gæmp


Définition of gamp

  • As in umbrella : noun parasol
Example sentences :
  • There is a person of the name of Gamp, sir—Mrs Gamp—ask her.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Mrs. Gamp then set in with a roar, which lasted until I had done.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • If so, I feel secure about her, and of Mrs. Gamp I am certain.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • A little dull, but not so bad as might be, Mrs. Gamp remarked.
  • Extract from : « Dickensian Inns & Taverns » by B. W. (Bertram Waldrom) Matz
  • Number one swung lourdily her midwife's bag, the other's gamp poked in the beach.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • The umbrella-net, when in its case, looks very like the familiar "gamp."
  • Extract from : « The Butterflies of the British Isles » by Richard South
  • Beneath this grey Italian sky some Italian gamp must keep off these Italian showers.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch on the Continong » by Various
  • He would not have wasted his time with a Mrs. Gamp or a Tom Jones.
  • Extract from : « The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories » by E. M. Forster
  • Mrs. Gamp looked at her with amazement, incredulity, and indignation.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 » by Various
  • Mrs. Gamp says that if it hadn't been for you, I should have snuffed out.
  • Extract from : « The Honour of the Clintons » by Archibald Marshall

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