Brit. a large umbrella, esp. one that is bulky or awkwardly wrapped
Origin of gamp
in allusion to the umbrella of Mrs. Gamp in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewitgamp
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gamp
noun
Chiefly BritishA large baggy umbrella.
Origin of gamp
After the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp , a character in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles DickensTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.
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