Vulgar words in Ruth (Page 1)

This book at a glance

bastard x 2
blockhead x 1
knocked up x 1
            

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Come, little blockhead!

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It was a comfort to Mrs Bradshaw to be able at once to discover what it was that had knocked up Elizabeth; she did not rest easily until she had settled upon a cause for every ailment or illness in the family.

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I was duped into allowing her bastard--(I sicken at the thought of it)--" At the mention of Leonard, Ruth lifted up her eyes for the first time since the conversation began, the pupils dilating, as if she were just becoming aware of some new agony in store for her.

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He held the street-door open wide, and said, between his teeth, "If ever you, or your bastard, darken this door again, I will have you both turned out by the police!"

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