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  • "Cussed brute," said Mr. Smithers, outside the door.

    For the term of his natural life 2004

  • Cussed Be Canaan,” opened, “We are all descended from grandfathers!”

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

  • Cussed at me and slammed his door having the ceiling fan light cover come crashing down to the floor, shattering into pieces.

    simplymine Diary Entry simplymine 2002

  • Cussed, rebellious, stubborn … I might be all those by nature: but I knew I would tell him.

    To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

  • "Cussed the hosses and the doggone ole plough and them hornets -- and everything!" exclaimed Pete.

    The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

  • His lack of funds prompted a new plan for a lecture tour to the Pacific coast, this time with D.R. Locke (Nasby), then immensely popular, in his lecture "Cussed Be Canaan."

    Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • His lack of funds prompted a new plan for a lecture tour to the Pacific coast, this time with D.R. Locke (Nasby), then immensely popular, in his lecture "Cussed Be Canaan."

    Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • "Cussed little nuisances," he said, holding his thin hands to the blaze.

    Mr. Bingle George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Ye could jist have said, 'Cussed be' -- what's his name?

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

  • Ye could jist have said, 'Cussed be' -- what's his name?

    Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852

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