gampish, a.
(ˈgæmpɪʃ)
[f. Gamp n. + -ish.]
Of an umbrella: Like Mrs. Gamp's, loosely tied up, bulging. Hence ˈgampishness.
| 1863 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 90 His master was making up my Bond-Street umbrella into a double bulge of gampishness. 1864 Derby Day ii. 18 As if you had been mortifying the flesh by carrying a gampish umbrella up Piccadilly, and back again. 1883 Fenn Middy & Ensign xxviii. 174 An unmistakeable gingham, with a decidedly Gampish look. |