Meaning of gamp | Babel Free
/ɡæmp/Definitions
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An umbrella. UK, dated, slang
- A gynandromorphophile, a tranny chaser.
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Abbreviation of gynandromorphophilia. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Examples
“It was the last day of the match, and owing to rain it was really unfit to play, but the promoters insisted upon our doing so, to satisfy the spectators, who stood round the ground with their umbrellas up. […] One gentleman sat with his gamp up on some rails near the railway.”
“And it was early morning, and the world was moist, when the crystal-gazer's husband, a freak in knickerbockers with an open coppish and a sabbath gamp, came over the stones outside his house to meet the holy travellers.”
“In his hand he waved – an appropriate symbol of disapprobation – his London gamp meticulously rolled.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.