4. (common).—Same as Game, sense 3: e.g., a gammy arm = an arm in dock.
Gammy-eyed = blind; sore-eyed; or afflicted with ecchymosis in the
region of the eyes. Gammy-leg = a lame leg. Also (subs.) a term of
derision for the halt and the maimed.
Gamp, subs. (common).—1. A monthly nurse; a fingersmith (q.v.). [After
Mrs. Sarah Gamp, a character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).] Also applied
to a fussy and gossiping busybody.
1864. Sun, 28 Dec. A regular gamp ... a fat old dowdy of a monthly
nurse.
1868. Brewer, Phr. and Fab. (quoted from Daily Telegraph). Mr.
Gathorne Hardy is to look after the gamps and Harrises of the
Strand.
2. (common).—An umbrella; specifically, one large and loosely-tied; a
lettuce (q.v.). [The original Sarah always carried one of this said
pattern.] Sometimes a Sarah Gamp. For synonyms, see Rain-napper.
1870. Lond. Figaro, 15 June. Though—shattered, baggy, shivered
gamp!
1883. G. R. Sims, Life Boat. He donned his goloshes and shouldered
his gamp.
1890. Daily Chron., 5 Mar. Sainte-Beuve insisted that though he was
prepared to stand fire he was under no obligation to catch cold,
and with his gamp over his head he exchanged four shots with his
adversary.
1892 Ally Sloper, 2 Apr., p. 106, c. 3. I never had a brand new
tile, a glossy silk or swagger brown, But I left home without a
gamp, And rain or hail or snow came down.