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gamp

 (gămp)
n. Chiefly British
A large baggy umbrella.

[After the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp, , a character in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.]
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gamp

(ɡæmp)
n
informal Brit an umbrella
[C19: after Mrs Sarah Gamp, a nurse in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, who carried a faded cotton umbrella]
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Noun1.gamp - colloquial terms for an umbrellagamp - colloquial terms for an umbrella  
umbrella - a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Translations

gamp

(o.f.) [gæmp] N (Brit) → paraguas m inv
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gamp

n (dated hum)Regenschirm m, → Musspritze f (dated hum)
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References in classic literature ?
"I now propose a toast, as my `friend and pardner, Sairy Gamp', says.
Un o'r pethau da am gael seiclo cyson erbyn hyn yw ein bod yn dod i arfer gyda geirfa Cymraeg o fewn y gamp.
According to Gamp, interior designer Robert Kime gave the home a $5.8 million makeover.
Although there exist some algorithms which can be used to solve the generalized linear multiplicative programming problem, as far as we know, it is still necessary to propose a more efficient algorithm for globally solving (GAMP).
ORBCOMM Inc (Nasdaq:ORBC), a provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced on Tuesday the receipt of the Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP 5) official certification of approval from the European Institute for Pharma Logistics (EIPL) for its Euroscan-branded product line of temperature recording devices and cold chain monitoring systems.
Gamp Sports also makes a line of short- and long-sleeve T-shirts in sizes ranging from XS-XXL to accommodate the ShockEater.
GAMP is going to run in the next parliamentary elections as a movement, which they believe is a more acceptable and a more relaxed form than a classical party.
Other famous characters included in the set are The Marchioness, from The Old Curiosity Shop, Mrs Gamp, from Martin Chuzzlewit, Captain Cuttle from Dombey and Son and Mr Micawber, from David Copperfield.
of these roles is less detailed than described in GAMP 5, the stipulated responsibilities are essential.
Gamp looking at her patient and saying, "He'd make a lovely corpse!"