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
Friedman’s production is also a beguiling showcase for Krystal Joy Brown, who sinks her teeth ravenously into the role of Gussie, a driven, troublemaking actress.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
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
In fact, he had never seen Little Tilly but he got this idea that he had to make something up to her on account of her brother Gussie.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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