gamp
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Look here, how did you manage to get my gamp up yonder?”
From Will of the Mill by Fenn, George Manville
Ah! take and hide me in some hollow lair, Red hills of Var! and ye umbrella-pines, Cover me like a gamp!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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
Molly had put on her shabbiest hat and oldest jacket; her gloves had some holes in them; her umbrella was rolled up in such a thick, ungainly fashion that it looked like a gamp.
From Light O' the Morning by Meade, L. T.
The one I've got is an old gamp with a stout indiarubber ring to it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various
