"pushful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃfʊl/ Forms: more pushful [comparative], most pushful [superlative]
Etymology: From push + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|push|ful|pos=adjective}} push + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} pushful (comparative more pushful, superlative most pushful)
  1. Energetic; pushy.
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          "ref": "1908, John F. Runciman, Haydn:",
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          "ref": "1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 12, 1917:",
          "text": "'Twas not by barking mortars that the pushful CAESAR scored; He trusted close formations and the silent stabbing sword.",
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          "ref": "1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 189:",
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