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synonyms for stumper

  • applicant
  • aspirant
  • bidder
  • competitor
  • contender
  • contestant
  • nominee
  • successor
  • claimant
  • entrant
  • hopeful
  • petitioner
  • possibility
  • pothunter
  • runner
  • seeker
  • suitor
  • write-in
  • dark horse
  • favorite son
  • handshaker
  • job-hunter
  • office seeker
  • possible choice
  • solicitant
  • whistle-stopper
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How to use stumper in a sentence

One day I sailed safely through a problem that was noted as a regular stumper.
AT BOARDING SCHOOL WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEED
Enough was a complete stumper, because there was no f in it.
AT THE COURT OF THE AMRJOHN ALFRED GRAY
That was a "stumper" for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one-half of the sentence.
AMONG THE PINESJAMES R. GILMORE
It wur a stumper to Sally, so she got Jess to explain it, and the way he did it was enormous.
THE SWAMP DOCTOR'S ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH-WESTJOHN ROBB
That was a 'stumper' for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one half of the sentence.
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY , VOL I, ISSUE I, JANUARY 1862VARIOUS
This logic was rather a stumper; but they took him up, as before said, and carried him for further examination.
THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACYJ. L. UNDERWOOD
But how the mischief even a raw Britisher could be soft-sawdered by Anstey is a stumper.
THE LUCK OF GERARD RIDGELEYBERTRAM MITFORD
"I thought it was a stumper," he remarked with evident satisfaction.
THE LAND OF PROMISED. TORBETT
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