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
Of the morrow we take no heed, no care infests the day; Some hand-out gump and a train to jump, a grip on the rods, and away!
From The Landloper by Day, Holman
His family cannot determine whether he is a gump or a genius.
From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence
Here's where I get paid for being a silly gump.
From Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails by Douglas, Alan
