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- noun Abusive language.
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(noun) - (1) Abusive language. To cample is a Northern word for to scold.
--Roger Wilbraham's Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire, 1826
(2) Amperlash, saucy, abusive language. "I'll have none o' thy amperlash."
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
January 16, 2018