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

I'm just beginning to get the hang of the Maxixe and the Hesitation, and I thought if you could give me a couple of days' real hard work I wouldn't be such an awful gump.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

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