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Meanings of gumptious in inglês

Working hard to promote an enterprise.

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        Usage of gumptious in inglês
        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