gump
noun
a foolish or stupid person.
gumps
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pluralof gump.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Oh! what a bunch of gumps we were to leave her that way, to run to a fire.”
From The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat by Quincy Allen
And you and me are missing it all, like a couple of gumps.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
"There's a good many born gumps not so far from here as her house," interjected Phinney.
From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
He had no sooner felt the pull at the line than he began to laugh and "pshaw! pshaw!" and said that all in that party were gumps and geese, except himself and Luke.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various
I answers, "Just as soon," And so we clutched and whirled into the gumps, But every time I went to stir my stumps They stuck like gum-drops to a macaroon.
From The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor by Wallace Irwin
