Mrs. Harris

English Etymology Name of a character in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit. The dissolute nurse Sarah Gamp cites the imaginary Mrs. Harris in order to back up her own opinions. The name was adopted by Punch magazine to refer to the newspaper. Proper noun en UK historical humorous The Morning Herald newspaper, which had the same editorial team as the Evening Standard but would misleadingly cite it as an independent authority. en Mrs. Gamp en 1857 Punch 32-33 Mrs. Gamp's Farewell to Mrs. Harris. The Morning Herald and the Evening Standard were for a long period the property of one gentleman. References en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works