Meaning

noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

noun an improvised musical accompaniment

noun piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

originFrom Middle English vaumpe, vaum-pei, vampe (“covering for the foot, perhaps a slipper or understocking; upper of a boot or shoe”), or from Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (“part of a stocking covering the top of the foot”), from Old French avantpied, avantpiet, variants of avantpié, from avant (“in front”) + pié (“foot”). Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to…

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