pushful
Example Sentences
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This action clearly certified the future of super-industry in Alabama and endorsed the condition Birmingham has in mind when, like pushful Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, it calls itself "Greater Birmingham."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Tanglefoot," continued Sheila, while a sigh of sheer rapture rose from the crowd, "is pre-eminently the car for a medical man or pushful undertaker.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various
I considered him a vulgar and pushful fellow.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
He was pushful, meant to get on, and had set up white spats as a part of his stock-in-trade.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
