English Explanatory Dictionary

gamgee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. cotton wool
name
  1. A surname

Word forms

gamgee Gamgees

Etymology

From Gamgee Tissue, a surgical dressing containing cotton wool, invented by Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee in Birmingham, England, in 1880.

Derived words

gamgee
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