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Noun
bamp (plural bamps)
- (Geordie, derogatory) An idiotic and ill-mannered person.
- (Wales) One's grandfather.
2013, Karenne Griffin, New Voices in the Valley, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 181:‘Shut up’ hissed Gwilym. ‘Don't be so rude! He's a great old bloke. I wish he was my bamp.’
2013, Angela Rogers, Dancing in the Rain: Seize the Day, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 167:Bell went back to Wales and my stayed with me. A week later Dave's brother, Ann Jane, mum and me went to lay Dave's ashes at the same spot where his mum and dad, my nan and Bamp had been laid.
2015, D. Mannay, E. Staples, S. Hallett, L. Roberts, A. Rees, R. Evans, D. Andrews, Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales, →ISBN, page 69:[I] might be a builder ... or a carpenter ... Might even be an engineer.... My Bamp does it. He’s an engineer
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