vamper

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/ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/

noun

One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.

Scrabble 13

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vamper1

nounvamper (plural vampers)

plural vampers

  1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.

    Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party.

    1833, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs, Charles Knight, London, page 98

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verbvamper (third-person singular simple present vampers, present participle vampering, simple past and past participle vampered)

present singular third person vampers · participle present vampering · participle past vampered · past vampered

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalTo swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

    The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more

    1764, Charles Churchill, The Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Broader
womanadult female

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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