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Meanings of gumptious in English

Working hard to promote an enterprise.

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Usage of gumptious in English
1
Goes down sessions to see that they don't get too gumptious and kick off the swaddlin' clothes.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
"Now the town beadle is bumptious, and Mrs. Avenel is gumptious."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
3
"She was always-notexactly proud like, but what I calls gumptious."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
4
"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is Bumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a parson.
"My Novel" — Volume 04
5
"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
6
"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbours."
"My Novel" — Volume 04
7
"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbors."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
Gumptious through the time