Vulgar words in Eben Holden, a tale of the north country (Page 1)

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ass x 3
cuss x 5
snag x 1
            

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'You shif'less cuss,' he said to him, 'ye'd jes' dew nothin' but chase squirrels an' let me break my back t' carry yer dinner.'

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'You shifless cuss!

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I tell ye he'll never make a farmer, an' if he marries an' settles down here he'll git t' be a poet, mebbe, er some such shif'less cuss, an' die in the poorhouse.

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The line clung to a snag and then gave way; the tackle was missing.

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"'Tain't possible thet leetle cuss uv a trout 's heavier 'n mine."

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'If I were you,' said McClingan, 'I would go and get for myself the long ear of an ass and empty my memory into it every day.

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I'd rather be slain with the jaw bone of an ass.'

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'He was alwuss a gritty cuss,' said Uncle Eb, wiping his eyes with a big red handkerchief as he rose to go.

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'I b'lieve,' said he, 'if Balaam's ass hed been rode by a woman he never 'd hev spoke.'

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