big antedating of "gimp," n.

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS has 1925 in the sense of "a limp."

1890 _Wehman's Collection of Songs No. 29 (N.Y.: Wehamn Bros., n.d. [ca1892]
26: _O'Geohgan, The Gander_ Copyright 1890....In and out the house at night,
O'Geoghan he would limp./ With his hissing and his gobbling and his curious
gimp.

JL

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