gumption
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Gumption and resourcefulness are no substitute for working, durable structures.
From The Verge • Aug. 13, 2021
Gumption or no, skeptics perceive an Oedipal element behind the enterprise.
From Time Magazine Archive
He called it no better than cheating, he did not—he, Mr. Gumption.
From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony
Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean—though that's more vulgar like—sum un who does not think small beer of hisself.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
On all which wisdom Mr. Sowerby pondered with sad heart and very melancholy mind as he walked away from the premises of Messrs. Gumption & Gazebee.
From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony
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