Vulgar words in Kennedy Square (Page 1)

This book at a glance

cocky x 1
damn x 8
white trash x 2
            

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You seem to forget that--you--damn me, Harry!--when I think of it all--and of Kate--my sweet, lovely Kate,--and how you have made her suffer--for she loves you--no question of that--I feel like wringing your neck!

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Dat Willits blood ain't no 'count, nohow; dey's po' white trash, dey is--eve'ybody knows dat.

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I haven't the honor of Colonel Rutter's acquaintance--but if I had I'd tell him so--served the brat right-- damn him!"

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"No!--damn it!--you are not grateful.

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... "Damn him!" etc., etc.

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The judge would stroll over to court an hour or more late, only to find an equally careless and contented group blocking up the door--"po' white trash" most of them, each one with a grievance.

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Damn few such men, I tell you.

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I'd feel too damn mean after lying to him the way I have.

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Damn you, St.

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By jiminy, Mr. Rutter, if Mr. Temple could be born again--figuratively, sir--and I could walk in upon him as I once did, and find him at breakfast surrounded by all his comforts with Todd waiting upon him--a very good nigger is Todd, sir--an exCEPtionally good nigger--I'd--I'd--damn me, Mr. Rutter, I'd--well, sir, there's no word--but John Gadgem, sir--well, I'll be damned if he wouldn't--" and he began skipping about the room, both feet in the air, as if he was a boy of twenty instead of a thin, shambling, badly put together bill collector in an ill-fitting brown coat, a hat much the worse for wear, and a red cotton handkerchief addicted to weekly ablutions.

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We all get too cocky sometimes."

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