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Vamp   Listen
noun
Vamp  n.  
1.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
2.
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
3.
(Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.





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"Vamp" Quotes from Famous Books



... has stolen your tongue,'" she teased. "Or did Mrs. Hill vamp you and make roast meat of your heart ...
— The Thing from the Lake • Eleanor M. Ingram
... Ring, the Archduke paused And gave the soldiers speech, enkindling them As sunrise a confronting throng of panes That glaze a many-windowed east facade: Hot volunteers vamp in from vill and plain— More than we need in the ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy
... clamorous. Anacreon burned with a flame Candescently, crescently amorous. You rascal, you're doing the same! Was no fairer the flame that burned Ilium. Cheer up, you're a fortunate scamp, ... Consider avuncular William And Phryne, the vamp. ...
— Something Else Again • Franklin P. Adams
... don't want them to talk that way about my sister. Couldn't you stick in a towel or an apron or something, and make a little more waist to the thing? I'm sure you'd look just as pretty, and the fellows would think you a whole lot nicer girl. I don't want you to get the nickname of the Freshman Vamp. I couldn't ...
— Cloudy Jewel • Grace Livingston Hill
... port in the stern sheets, that was also plainly discernible from the phosphorescent glow of the sea without, which every moment welled up almost on a level with the deck above, as if it were going to fetch inboard again and vamp ...
— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson
... I know it too well, and have worn out my patience With studying to study your new publications. There's Vamp, Scamp, and Mouthy, and Wordswords ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron
... "here be we six mile from home, and night-time, and not a hoss or four-footed creeping thing to our name. I say, we'll have a mossel and a drop o' summat to strengthen our nerves afore we vamp all the way back again? My throat's as dry as a kex. What ...
— The Woodlanders • Thomas Hardy


Words linked to "Vamp" :   woman, touch on, chat up, accompaniment, coquet, fix, mash, butterfly, piece, tease, romance, coquette, vamp up, revamp, dally, musical accompaniment, fabricate, philander, piece of leather, doctor, patch, vamper, flirt, make up


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