gampish

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What does gampish mean?

Resembling or characteristic of Sarah Gamp, a dissolute, sloppy and drunken nurse in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).

Where does gampish come from?

From Gamp + -ish.

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