Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An imprecation; a profane expletive; an oath.
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Examples
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I prefer the incredibly cuss-word filled version of the story, with stick figure accompaniments found here;
The Man Who Left Chelm Steven Barnes 2010
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One of the things I love about your writing is the way you can use a cuss-word.
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Sorry for the cuss-word, but I'm sick of this "which tellytubby is gay?" garbage getting so much air-time and setting the boundaries of public debate in this country.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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I'm sorry I called Jack Mullins, or whatever his name is, such a lot of cuss-word names.
The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier
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"Just one nice little cuss-word and we'll take you home," whispered a tormentor.
The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
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You've got a way of saying Pauline, as if it were a gentlemanly cuss-word, that makes me want to scream.
Uneasy Money 1928
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I call it mean to give a poor, defenceless kid a cuss-word like -- what's it?
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They never want to hear the name of Yukon again except as a cuss-word.
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I don't say as how I don't hold with Gawd, "he explained, with uplifted forefinger and cocked head;" but if ever I thinks of Him, I like to feel that He's in the wind or in the crickle-crackle of the earth, just near and friendly like, but not a-worrying of a chap, listening for every cuss-word as he uses to his old horse, and measuring every half-pint he pours down his dusty throat.
The Fortunate Youth 1914
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"You'll need a cuss-word now; any other finish will sound flat."
Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912
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