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Definition of Glummest
1. glum [adj] - See also: glum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glummest
Literary usage of Glummest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"I wuz the glummest sort uv cusa, I guess, thet ever walked ; I couldn't git my
tongue to speak, ner make out why she balked. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... glummest of men, And my rent has been never one day in arrears, I am always
in bed at a quarter past ten. But, alas, on one fatal occasion there came A ..."
3. Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1893)
"... and when Mrs. Patman and her sister were on terms of the very glummest civility
with all the other women in the place. Even towards the widow M'Gurk ..."
4. Johnny Reb and Billy Yank by Alexander Hunter (1904)
"... glummest set of men ever seen. Some tried to forage, but would come back in
the evening completely fagged out and in a savage humor, for there was ..."
5. Strangers at Lisconnel: A Second Series of Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1895)
"... on terms of the very glummest civility with all the other women in the place.
Even towards the widow M'Gurk they were tolerant rather than expansive. ..."
6. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1879)
"He was not to be taken in with chaff; and so, resuming his seat : ' I think you
are four of the glummest-looking women ..."
7. Britain for the British by Robert Blatchford (1902)
"... which It can be truthfully said that each Is better than the other, while both
are amusing enough to bring out a cheerful smile upon the glummest face. ..."
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