cuss

• (I have a theory about that being tied to Catholic culture and the sacrament of confession--cuss a blue streak all week, confess on Saturday, start over with a clean slate on Sunday--but I'll spare you the details for now.)
• He's a independent old cuss--work if he damn good an' feels like it, an' if he don't he won't If you think you c'n tackle it, I'll have the blacksmith whittle you out a crutch, an' you c'n take that long-geared tote team an' make Hilarity in two days. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
• I was too sleepy to give a cuss--they got mine, too And so the talk drifted among them. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
• I ain't seen more than one or two that was worth a cuss--not a one I thought was good enough for my girl. —  The Man Next Door
• All he done was jus' set dar and cuss, and a heap of times you couldn't see nothin' for him to cuss 'bout. —  Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2

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