All 4 Uses of
sulk
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Gussie sulked and bided his time for nine long months.†
Chpt 29sulked = was overly unhappy and unsociable
- On that last Saturday morning, Francie strapped Laurie into her two-wheeled sulky and took her down on the street.†
Chpt 56 *sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- She took Laurie to the park, lifted her out of the sulky and let her run around on the grass.†
Chpt 56
- Pulling Laurie along in the sulky, Francie went over for a last look at her old school.†
Chpt 56
Definition:
to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved