cuss
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kʌs/
cuss (cusses, present participle cussing; past and past participle cussed)
Translations Nouncuss (plural cusses)
- (chiefly, US) A curse.
- (chiefly, US) A curse word.
cuss (plural cusses)
- (dated, chiefly, US) A fellow, person.
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
"The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
- Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
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