Meaning of "gampish" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF GAMPISH

gampish  [ˈɡæmpɪʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAMPISH

Gampish is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GAMPISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gampish in the English dictionary

The definition of gampish in the dictionary is resembling Mrs Gamp's umbrella ; bulging, loosely tied.

TRANSLATION OF GAMPISH

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMPISH»

Discover the use of gampish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gampish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cavalcade of the North: An Entertaining Collection of ...

The lady in the red cut-velvet dress turned towards Mrs. Golightly and said clearly , I am Mrs. Gampish, and I come from Toledo, Ohio. Their eyes met. Mrs. Golightly remained silent. Blushes flamed over her. She thought, This is, no doubt, some ...

George E. Nelson, 1958

Stories by Canadian Women

The lady in the red cut-velvet dress turned towards Mrs Go- lightly and said clearly, I am Mrs Gampish, and I come from Toledo, Ohio. Their eyes met. Mrs Golightly remained silent. Blushes flamed over her. She thought, This is, no doubt , some ...

Rosemary Sullivan, 1984

The Writer's Path : an Introduction to Short Fiction

The lady in the red cut-velvet dress turned towards Mrs. Golightly and said clearly , "I am Mrs. Gampish, and I come from Toledo, Ohio." Their eyes met. Mrs. Golightly remained silent. Blushes flamed over her. She thought, This is, no doubt , ...

Constance Rooke, Leon Rooke, 1998

Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories

Mrs. Gampish continued to eat her dessert. Mrs. Golightly attempted to smile in a society way, but it was no good, and she couldn't say a thing. After dinner there was bridge and what do you suppose? Mrs. Golightly was set to play with Mrs.

Ethel Wilson, 2010

Canadian humour and satire

Mrs. Gampish continued to eat her dessert. Mrs. Golightly attempted to smile in a society way, but it was no good, and she couldn't say a thing. After dinner there was bridge and what do you suppose? Mrs. Golightly was set to play with Mrs.

Theresa Ford, 1976

Canadian short stories

Mrs. Gampish continued to eat her dessert. Mrs. Golighdy attempted to smile in a society way, but it was no good, and she couldn't say a thing. After dinner there was bridge and what do you suppose? Mrs. Golighdy was set to play with Mrs.

Robert Weaver, 2008

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...

1892 AllySloper, 2 Apr., p. 106, c. 3. I never had a brand new tile, a glossy silk or swagger brown, But I left home without agamp, And rain orhailor snow came down 3. (journalists').— The Standard. Adj. (common).— Bulging. Also Gampish.

Anonymous

Journal of Canadian Fiction

make a fourth at bridge, and which go to bed, she concedes adroitly if coquettishly: "lf Mrs. Gampish really wants to go to bed," she said, timidly but with effect, "l will stay ... a slight headache . . ." she said bravely fluttering her fingers and batting ...

‎1972

The Life Of Charles Dickens

... a little farce, in one act, called "Mr. Nightingale's Diary," jointly written by Dickens and Mark Lemon, into which the Novelist introduced a considerable amount of Gampish humour. Here he was inimitable, and Miss Mitford, who witnessed the ...

Frederic George Kitton, 2004

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

The Standard: journali5ts':—1873; T. Cf. Mrs Harris (another Dickens character: cf . sense 2), the Herald. ggmp, adj.; gampish. Bulging, gen. of umbrellas: coll. ( 1881, 1864); o Gamp is my name and Gamp my natur' is itself a familiar quotation  ...

Eric Partridge, 2006