pushful
Americanadjective
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This action clearly certified the future of super-industry in Alabama and endorsed the condition Birmingham has in mind when, like pushful Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, it calls itself "Greater Birmingham."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Here are ancestors for you, Mistress,” Dr. Johnson might have said to Mrs. Thrale if he had only known—if he had had a genealogist at his elbow as well as a pushful biographer.
From Immortal Memories by Clement King Shorter
Here he had Thurlow, the future lord chancellor, as a fellow-clerk, and it is stated that Thurlow promised to help his less pushful comrade in the days of realized ambition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Close astern of her comes War Ordnance, her pushful young captain having taken heed of the sounds of Standard's weighing.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
I considered him a vulgar and pushful fellow.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
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