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vamper

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English

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Etymology 1

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From vamp +‎ -er.

Noun

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vamper (plural vampers)

  1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
    • 1833, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs, Charles Knight, London, page 98:
      Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party.

Etymology 2

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Compare vaunt.

Verb

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vamper (third-person singular simple present vampers, present participle vampering, simple past and past participle vampered)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
    • 1764, Charles Churchill, The Times:
      The temple of thy body, look with scorn,
      Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more

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French

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Etymology

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From vamp +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vamper

  1. to vamp (seduce)

Conjugation

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