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gumption

[guhmp-shuhn] / ˈgʌmp ʃən /


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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

The firm of Messrs Gumption & Gazebee stands probably quite among the first attorneys in London, and I know that papa has a very high opinion of them.

From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony

But I'll make my lawyer Gumption get that up.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

Chaldicotes," as old Mr. Gumption remarked to young Mr. Gazebee; "Chaldicotes, Gazebee, is a cooked goose, as far as Sowerby is concerned.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony




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