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Meanings of gloomy Gus in English

Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression.

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        Examples for "pouter"
        Examples for "pouter"
        1
        The bulging chest often indicates no more than pouter-pigeon bluff temporarily put on.
        Certain Success
        2
        He swelled up like a pouter pigeon; and shook his fist at the door.
        The Scotch Twins
        3
        The effect was frighteningly grotesque, like a scarlet pouter pigeon.
        Gather, Darkness!
        4
        Taken absolutely, instead of comparatively, immaturity designates a positive force or ability,-thepouter to grow.
        Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
        5
        In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body.
        The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
        1
        Nixon, of course is also the archetype of a politically successful sourpuss.
        The Guardian
        2
        That said, the downside is that you develop a sourpuss trait.
        Ebony
        3
        She was a first-class sourpuss, and I hardly exchanged ten sentences with her.
        The girl who played with fire
        4
        First, quietly, I act like a sourpuss, hunching up my shoulders and scowling.
        No one belongs here more than you: stories
        5
        On other occasions, he's grumpy and scowling, all sourpuss and darkness.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of gloomy Gus in English
        1
        I think I care not for Gloomy Gus husband; too much troubles.
        Seven Maids of Far Cathay: Being English Notes From a Chinese Cl...
        2
        He had no time to listen to pessimistic warnings from any Gloomy Gus of a Subconscious Self.
        Uneasy Money
        3
        No one likes a Gloomy Gus.
        Seven up
        4
        American friend of Miss Sterling say, " Gloomy Gus!"
        Seven Maids of Far Cathay: Being English Notes From a Chinese Cl...
        5
        You're a gloomy gus, Hodge.
        Bring the Jubilee
        6
        Allie, a Gloomy Gus by nature, has been expecting her father to lose his shit ever since he turned fifty-five.
        Mr. Mercedes
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        The captain, a sad-eyed, strong-featured American, was cartooned in the papers as " Gloomy Gus" (the pessimistic hero of the comic supplement).
        Revolution, and Other Essays