Lexicographical Neighbors of Gampish
Literary usage of Gampish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... and the common habit of this nurse in the sick room, among other gampish
peculiarities, was to rub her nose along the top of the tall fender. ..."
2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"As Mrs. Quickly is plainly a slovenly, greasy, gampish old creature, and Miss
Phillips is unalterably trim, smart, and bright, a worse choice could ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"I don't believe, myself, that her bonnet was so battered, her mantlet so unshapely,
nor even her umbrella so "gampish," as there set forth. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1870)
"exclaimed my father, in answer to the “there, sir,” of a portly gampish woman,
who held something in a bundle under his nose, ..."
5. The Dickens Circle: A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships by James William Thomas Ley (1919)
"... "to which Dickens soon contributed so many jokes and so much gampish and other
fun of his own, that it came to be in effect a joint piece of authorship. ..."
6. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... and the common habit of this nurse in the sick room, among other gampish
peculiarities, was to rub her nose along the top of the tall fender. ..."
7. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"As Mrs. Quickly is plainly a slovenly, greasy, gampish old creature, and Miss
Phillips is unalterably trim, smart, and bright, a worse choice could ..."
8. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"I don't believe, myself, that her bonnet was so battered, her mantlet so unshapely,
nor even her umbrella so "gampish," as there set forth. ..."
9. The Gentleman's Magazine (1870)
"exclaimed my father, in answer to the “there, sir,” of a portly gampish woman,
who held something in a bundle under his nose, ..."
10. The Dickens Circle: A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships by James William Thomas Ley (1919)
"... "to which Dickens soon contributed so many jokes and so much gampish and other
fun of his own, that it came to be in effect a joint piece of authorship. ..."
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