gump

Example Sentences

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“Don’t be a gump, Jean Louise. You know how he feels about it. After all, I did it,” said Henry.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

I felt like a gump doing it, but all that went out the window when Aaron said, "Nice shoes, man."

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

Vile squats curse roaring pools inflame, A swarthy gump leers at the damn'd, A sultry storm invades each realm.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

Wasn't old Mrs. Scattergood almost right when she called him "a gump"?

From Janice Day at Poketown by Long, Helen Beecher

I had stepped from the bushes when she first appeared and was standing motionless, staring, I imagine, like what Dorinda sometimes called her husband—a "born gump."

From The Rise of Roscoe Paine by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby