Etymology

gamp

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Today it means: An umbrella. Full definition →

First used 19th c.
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gamp · noun1

After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.

gamp · noun2

From GAMP (“gynandromorphophilia”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. An umbrella.

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