Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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VAMPS, STOCKIN'
Construct:
Definition:
The soles of the feet (in stockings).
Use:
He was six feet two (inches) in his stockin' vamps.
He stood six feet two inches standing in his stockings i.e. without shoes.
Derivation:
Vamp
(corruption of meaning). And note 'Saucepan came into the kitchen in his stockin' vamps and disgraced us overright the strange woman'.
(Murphy)
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