gamp

Example Sentences

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The man with the gamp shuffled toward him.

From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred

Some English "fellah" Has left his rotten gamp, and carried off My own Umbrella!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 by Various

Under the Old Umbrella, Beneath the leaking gamp, Wrapped up in woolly phrases We battle with the damp.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Well, there it is as glaring and apparent as Borrow’s big green gamp or De Quincey’s insularity. 

From The Vagabond in Literature by Rickett, Arthur

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

From In a German Pension by Mansfield, Katherine