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gumptious

ADJECTIVE
  1. working hard to promote an enterprise

How To Use gumptious In A Sentence

  • Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
  • However, as miserable as I was, I was not gumptious and presumptious enough to seek a change in my own life. Archive 2007-09-01
  • 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
  • She was always -- not exactly proud like, but what I calls gumptious. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
  • Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum 'un is gumptious, I mean -- though that's more vulgar like -- sum' un who does not think small beer of hisself. My Novel — Volume 04
  • In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbours. My Novel — Complete
  • Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is Bumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a parson. My Novel — Complete
  • Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean -- though that's more vulgar like -- sum un who does not think small beer of hisself. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
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