vamper

IPA: vˈæmpɝ

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

Examples of "vamper" in Sentences

A vamper I was not, but if any help was wanted there was hope.
One of the swells of the factory: a very expert "vamper," an Irish girl, earning from $10 to $14 a week, 172
How come the Crystal's brother - the dude in HotShot high on "vamper juice" - could shoot his Uncle Daddy but not Jason?
[Illustration: A DELICATE TYPE OF BEAUTY -- At work in a Lynn shoe factory] [Illustration: ONE OF THE SWELLS OF THE FACTORY: A very expert "vamper," an Irish girl, earning from $10 to $14 a week]
Here, the clothesman, the shoe-vamper, and the rag-merchant, display their goods, as sign-boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen-stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars.
Here, the clothesman, the shoe – vamper, and the rag – merchant, display their goods, as sign – boards to the petty thief; here, stores of old iron and bones, and heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen – stuff and linen, rust and rot in the grimy cellars.
Or if a composer of sacred Dramas on classic models, or a translator of an old Latin author (that will hardly bear translation) or a vamper-up of vapid cantos and Odes set to music, were to turn pander to prescription and palliater of every dull, incorrigible abuse, it would not be much to be wondered at or even regretted.