gumph

gumph
a) A foolish person; a gump

Drossy saw ’em in her drawer, and for all the gumph he is, he knew the writing; and I made him get ’em for me this morning while they were at breakfast.

b) Gumption; grit.

He strikes me as the perfect example of an intellectual gumph. He knows too much!


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