gamp

Example Sentences

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Well, I was going to a match at lord's, and it looked rather dull, so mother told me I'd better take a gamp.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

Ach! it vos so pad I haf to get oudt right avay, und come pack to der gamp.

From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Douglas, Alan

Now when I go, I take my husband's "storm" gamp and sit in a corner, hiding behind it.

From In a German Pension by Mansfield, Katherine

Number one swung lourdily her midwife's bag, the other's gamp poked in the beach.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The man with the gamp shuffled toward him.

From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Ollivant, Alfred