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1gloomy Gus — n. a sad or dismal person; a pessimist. □ Don’t be such a gloomy Gus, Wal ly. □ Well, gloomy Gus just came in again …
2gloomy Gus — noun A person with a sullen, unhappy appearance or demeanor; a person with a pessimistic outlook. Even the pace setting auto industry will not be as hard hit as many a Gloomy Gus had predicted …
3Gloomy Gus — noun, plural (Gloomy Guses; also Gloomy Gusses) Usage: often not capitalized 1st G Etymology: from a comic strip character created by Frederick Burr Opper died 1937 American cartoonist Date: 1904 a person who is habitually gloomy …
4gloomy Gus — noun someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression • Syn: ↑sourpuss, ↑picklepuss, ↑pouter • Derivationally related forms: ↑pout (for: ↑pouter) • Usage Domain …
5Gloomy Gus — Gustav Mahler …
6gloomy — 1580s, probably from GLOOM (Cf. gloom) even though that word is not attested as early as this one is. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of sullen person since 1940s, from a comic strip character… …
7Gus Henderson — Infobox Person name = Elmer Clinton Gus Henderson caption = birth date = birth date|1889|03|10 birth place = Oberlin, Ohio, USA death date = death date and age|1965|12|16|1889|03|10 death place = Desert Hot Springs, California, USA other names =… …
8List of baseball nicknames — Baseball nicknames have become an integral part of the sport s culture: In no sport are nicknames more pervasive than baseball. [1] This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames… …
9List of United States Presidential names — contains lists of nicknames, name origins, and the first, middle, and last names of each President of the United States. Most of the nicknames listed are political, such as Tricky Dick , which belonged to Richard Nixon, initialisms like T.R.… …
10Robert Coover — Coover redirects here. For the inventor, see Harry Coover. Born February 4, 1932 (1932 02 04) (age 79) Charles City, Iowa, U.S. Occupation writer …
