- GAMP, SARAH
- a nurse in "Martin Chuzzlewit," famous for her bulky umbrella, and for confirming her opinions of things by a constant reference to the authority of an imaginary Mrs. Harris.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
GAMP, SARAH
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