Gimpy
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Gimpy is a derogatory descriptor of someone who has a limp. It may also refer to:
A person's nickname:
- Lloyd Brown (1904–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Stephen Mowlam (born 1976), Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- Dean O'Banion (1892–1924), Irish-American mobster and rival of Al Capone in the 1920s
- Milt Pappas (1939–2016), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gwen Verdon (1925–2000), American actress and dancer whose childhood nickname was "Gimpy"
Fictional characters:
- Gimpy, a main character in the animated television series Undergrads
- "Gimpy" McHenry, protagonist of Manpower (1941 film), played by Edward G. Robinson
- "Gimpy" Smith, a main character in Streets of New York (1939 film)
- Colonel Gimpy, villain of Crack-Up (1936 film), played by Peter Lorre
Other uses:
- Nickname for the General-purpose machine gun, particularly by the British armed forces
See also
[edit]- "Gympie gympie" – colloquial name for the Australian "stinging brush" or Dendrocnide moroides