Mrs. Gamp

English

Etymology

See Mrs. Harris.

Proper noun

Mrs. Gamp

  1. (UK, historical, humorous) The Evening Standard newspaper.
    • 1857, Punch (volumes 32-33)
      Mrs. Gamp's Farewell to Mrs. Harris. The Morning Herald and the Evening Standard were for a long period the property of one gentleman.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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