"gamp" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡamp/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gamp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gamps [plural]
Rhymes: -æmp Etymology: After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamp (plural gamps)
  1. (UK, dated) An umbrella. Wikipedia link: Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit Tags: UK, dated

Inflected forms

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