Vamps
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of vamp form-of, plural
- 2 Old or refooted stockings. plural, plural-only
"When I go out, I wear two pairs of golf stockings, wool stockings and bed-shoes and a pair of vamps inside my skin boots, a sweater under my fur-lined coat, a knitted helmet under Father's sealskin cap, and a pair of wool mittens with skin mittens over them."
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of vamp form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"When I go out, I wear two pairs of golf stockings, wool stockings and bed-shoes and a pair of vamps inside my skin boots, a sweater under my fur-lined coat, a knitted helmet under Father's sealskin cap, and a pair of wool mittens with skin mittens over them."
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