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gamp

(gamp)

noun

Brit. a large umbrella, esp. one that is bulky or awkwardly wrapped

Origin: in allusion to the umbrella of Mrs. Gamp in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit

See gamp in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British

A large baggy umbrella.

Origin:

Origin: After the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp, a character in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

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