vamper

noun, verb — 2 senses

vamper

noun

/ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/

Etymology From vamp + -er.

1

One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.

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.1833, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs, Charles Knight, London, page 98

vamper

verb

Etymology Compare vaunt.

1

Scotland, UK, Dialectal To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more1764, Charles Churchill, The Times:

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