Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who vamps; a cobbler; one who pieces an old thing with something new.
- noun One who improvises musical accompaniments. [Colloq.]
- To make an ostentatious appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.
- noun Same as 2nd
vamp , n. - intransitive verb Prov. Eng. & Scot. To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
vamps ; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; acobbler . - verb UK, Scotland, dialect To
swagger ; to make anostentatious show .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the swells of the factory: a very expert "vamper," an Irish girl, earning from $10 to $14 a week, 172
The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900
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[Illustration: A DELICATE TYPE OF BEAUTY -- At work in a Lynn shoe factory] [Illustration: ONE OF THE SWELLS OF THE FACTORY: A very expert "vamper," an Irish girl, earning from $10 to $14 a week]
The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900
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Here, the clothesman, the shoe – vamper, and the rag – merchant, display their goods, as sign – boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen – stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars.
Oliver Twist 2007
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A vamper I was not, but if any help was wanted there was hope.
The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900
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Here, the clothesman, the shoe-vamper, and the rag-merchant, display their goods, as sign-boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen-stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars.
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841
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Here, the clothesman, the shoe-vamper, and the rag-merchant, display their goods, as sign-boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen-stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars.
Oliver Twist 1838
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Or if a composer of sacred Dramas on classic models, or a translator of an old Latin author (that will hardly bear translation) or a vamper-up of vapid cantos and Odes set to music, were to turn pander to prescription and palliater of every dull, incorrigible abuse, it would not be much to be wondered at or even regretted.
The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits William Hazlitt 1804
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How come the Crystal's brother - the dude in HotShot high on "vamper juice" - could shoot his Uncle Daddy but not Jason?
Jezebel 2010
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How come the Crystal's brother - the dude in HotShot high on "vamper juice" - could shoot his Uncle Daddy but not Jason?
Jalopnik 2010
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How come the Crystal's brother - the dude in HotShot high on "vamper juice" - could shoot his Uncle Daddy but not Jason?
Jezebel 2010
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