Gussie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Young won for best featured actress in a play for her performance as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins in the revival of Ossie Davis’s satire “Purlie Victorious.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
“I when I was creating this particular version of Gussie, the first thing I thought of was all of the Black women in the ‘50s and ’60s and ’70s who were breaking barriers,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
In his climactic speech at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School, Gussie Fink-Nottle ticks off “the fellow with a face rather like a walnut” who said the world was in a deplorable state.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018
He was married to Gussie Mae Smith from 1942 until her death in 2005.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016
Gussie, a boy of six, was a murky legend in the neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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