"Mrs. Gamp" Definition

Definitions for the word "Mrs. Gamp" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
nicknames of the _Morning Herald_ and _Standard_ newspapers, while united under the proprietorship of Mr. Baldwin. MRS. GAMP, a monthly nurse, was a character in Charles Dickens’s popular novel of _Martin Chuzzlewit_, who continually quoted an imaginary MRS. HARRIS in attestation of the superiority of her qualifications, and the infallibility of her opinions; and thus afforded a parallel to the two newspapers, which appealed to each other as independent authorities, being all the while the production of the same editorial staff. _See_ introductory article.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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