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
His family cannot determine whether he is a gump or a genius.
From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence
She don’t want a reg’lar gump hanging around her.
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Emerson, Alice B.
It wouldn't have been brave in that gump, Edith, without a nerve in her body.
From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
