"gloomy Gus" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1951 March 5, “Gloomy Gus to the Contrary”, in Time",
          "text": "Even the pace-setting auto industry will not be as hard hit as many a Gloomy Gus had predicted.",
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          "ref": "1990, “Nixon”, in PBS",
          "text": "Duke Law School was Nixon's next training ground in persistence, success and frustration. His classmates called him \"Gloomy Gus.\" He lived frugally, studied endlessly and never walked away from a classroom confrontation.",
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        "A person with a sullen, unhappy appearance or demeanor; a person with a pessimistic outlook."
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        "(informal) A person with a sullen, unhappy appearance or demeanor; a person with a pessimistic outlook."
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          "word": "Alibi Ike"
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          "word": "Dapper Dan"
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          "word": "nervous Nellie"
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          "word": "Silent Sam"
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          "word": "Gloomy Gus"
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