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gamp

noun as in umbrella

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Martin Chuzzlewit, the Dickens novel in which Mrs. Gamp appears, is not my favorite of his books by any means.

"I fuf-fuf-fuf, fail to see huh-huh-how that applies," said Joe Gamp, a lad with a serious impediment in his speech.

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

Among all his humorous creations, Mrs. Gamp is perhaps the most intensely original and the most thoroughly individualised.

Mrs. Gamp herself, when roused, is under the same embarrassing misapprehension.

Here it is that Mrs. Gamp's distinctive characteristics begin to assert themselves conspicuously.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gamp, such as: brolly, canopy, sunshade, bumbershoot, and parapluie.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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