"Campish"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

> >1868 Frederick Park _Letter_ Nov. in Jonathan Ned Katz _Love Stories_ 193
> >[My] campish undertakings are not at present meeting with the success they
> >deserve.
>
> Is there any context which would indicate unequivocally and precisely what
> "campish" meant here?

I returned the Katz book and thus don't have it to refer to.  I don't
think Katz gave context, but he is very careful about terminology and if
he associates "campish" with "camp" I assume he has good reason for doing
so.

Fred


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