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Vamper   Listen
noun
Vamper  n.  
1.
One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.
2.
Same as 2nd vamp, n.


verb
Vamper  v. i.  To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.)





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"Vamper" Quotes from Famous Books



... beginning to get a little out of the confusion into which this jumble of cross accidents had cast them—it then presently occurr'd to me, that I had left my remarks in the pocket of the chaise—and that in selling my chaise, I had sold my remarks along with it, to the chaise-vamper. I leave this void space that the reader may swear into it any oath that he is most accustomed to—For my own part, if ever I swore a whole oath into a vacancy in my life, I think it was into that—........., said I—and so my remarks through France, which were as full of wit, as an egg ...
— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne
... Comic Vocalist and impromptu "Vamper" (gentleman born) of several years' experience in best London Society, is anxious to meet with bold and speculative Manager who will offer him a first engagement. Can sing—omitting a few high notes—various popular melodies, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 19, 1890 • Various
... A vamper I was not, but if any help was wanted there was hope. My demand for work was greeted at the office this ...
— The Woman Who Toils - Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls • Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst


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