10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «GLUMPISH»
Découvrez l'usage de
glumpish dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
glumpish et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
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Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
elantish,. glumpish,. adpromissor. 1. elantish (uh-LAHN-tish) (adj.): Given to or
characterized by involvement in a segregated social group. If you belonged to a
clique in high school, then you demonstrated elantish behavior. 2. glumpish ...
"He went down such a flump," " A hawk flumps or flops as a bird," " He fell down
full flump." Cf. fall plump, thump, bump, etc. friddle, trifle, potter, waste time. " He
was friddlin' on at his work." Cf. fritter, trifle, fiddle, frivol, etc. glumpish, glum, ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps
Hence glumpy, clumping, and glumpish = sullen or stubborn. 1787. Grose, Prov.
Glossary. Glump- ing, sullen, or sour looking. Exm. 1835. Th. Hook, Gilbert
Gurney. He was glumpy enough when I called. 18H0. G. Eliot, Mill on the Floss,
Bk. VI., ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1893
"He went down such a flump," " A hawk flumps or flops as a bird," " He fell down
full flump." Cf. fall plump, thump, bump, etc. friddle, trifle, potter, waste time. " He
was friddlin' on at his work." Cf. fritter, trifle, fiddle, frivol, etc. glumpish, glum, ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Hence glumpy, glumping, and glumpish = sullen or stubborn. 1787. Grose, Prov.
Glossary. Glumping, sullen,or sour looking. Exm. 1835. Th. Hook, Gilbert Gurney.
He was glumpy enough when I called. 1860. G._Eliot, Millon the Floss, Bk. VI., ...
I'll thank you not to run your rigs upon me,” quoth the young Cockney, looking
glumpish, “ or I shall fetch you a vipe vith this here hash-stick. If one gives you
alhincb, you take a hell.”-“ Never mind him, my dear,” cried his mother, “eat this ...
John Scott, John Taylor, 1825
And then, one night, a gruesome glumpish ghost came gibbering. But Sir
Quincum only laughed,—of course he saw right through the thing !— And the
ghost got so disgusted (as, indeed, why should it not?) That it slunk away
discouraged and ...
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The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
An' it Worrets me as Mr. Tom 'ull sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin' his brow, an'
a-lookin' at the fire of a night. He should be a bit livelier now -— a fine young
fellow like him. My wife says, when she goes in sometimes, an' he takes no notice
...
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George Eliot's Works: Mill on the Floss
An' it worrets me as Mr. Tom 'll sit by himself so glumpish, arknittin' his brow, an' a
-lookin' at the fire of a night. He should be a bit livelier now— a fine young fellow
like him. My wife says, when she goes in sometimes, an' he takes no notice of ...
George Eliot, George Willis Cooke, 1886
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A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, ...
Glumpish (popular), sulky. Glutton (pugilistic), a hard fighter, one who never
seems to have had enough fighting. Go (general), impetus, energy, spirit, vigour,
strength of purpose, a proceeding. This originally slang word has established
itself in ...
Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland, 1897
