Mrs. Harris en · PROPN
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.
Meanings
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(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.
Mrs. Gamp's Farewell to Mrs. Harris. The Morning Herald and the Evening Standard were for a long period the property of one gentleman.
1857, Punch, volumes 32-33: