Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gingham

So called from Guingamp, a town in Brittany, where it was originally manufactured (Littré). A common playful equivalent of umbrella.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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