gump

Example Sentences

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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

“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

Nothing in sight but sand and space; No chance for a gink to feed his face; Not even a shack to beg for a lump, Or a hen-house to frisk for a single gump.

From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by Lomax, John Avery

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

It’s paying my way that has made me popular, I’m not such a gump as not to know that.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall