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
Wells, like the pushful tradesman he is, has the very thing in his pocket.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
No wonder the Fifth Symphony appeals so much to our virtuous and pushful middle-class audiences.
From Impressions and Comments by Havelock Ellis
Everyone perceived that the young Capo della Repubblica was in full possession of the solid grit of his pushful grandfather.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
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