bamp

plural bamps

1. GeordiederogatoryAn idiotic and ill-mannered person.
2. WalesOne's grandfather.

   ‘Shut up’ hissed Gwilym. ‘Don't be so rude! He's a great old bloke. I wish he was my bamp.’

   2013, Karenne Griffin, New Voices in the Valley, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 181

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   Bell went back to Wales and my stayed with me. A week later Dave's brother, Ann Jane, mum and me went to lay Dave's ashes at the same spot where his mum and dad, my nan and Bamp had been laid.

   2013, Angela Rogers, Dancing in the Rain: Seize the Day, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 167

   [I] might be a builder ... or a carpenter ... Might even be an engineer.... My Bamp does it. He’s an engineer

   2015, D. Mannay, E. Staples, S. Hallett, L. Roberts, A. Rees, R. Evans, D. Andrews, Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales, →ISBN, page 69