Vulgar words in The Power and the Glory (Page 1)

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cuss x 1
damn x 4
fag x 2
sleazy x 1
            

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There was a ventilating system in the Hardwick mill, and it was supposed to be exceptionally free from lint; but the fagged children crowded to the casements with instinctive longing for the outdoor air which could not of course enter through the glass; or plodded their monotonous rounds to tend the frames and see that the thread was running properly to each spool, and that the spools were removed, when filled.

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It was a significant point for any student of economic conditions to note these strapping young males sitting at ease upon the porches of their homes or boarding houses, when the sweating, fagged women weavers and childish spinners trooped across the bridges an hour after.

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Damn him--I'll fix him!"

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Not for her were the flaring, coarse, scant garments whose lack of seemliness was supposed to be atoned for by a profusion of cheap, sleazy trimming.

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"All right," said Buckheath, "if it's so damn' easy done--this here marryin'--do some of it yourself.

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"Reckon Sis' Johnnie would run things to suit her an' you, Himes, you can cuss me out good an' plenty, but I take notice you seem to have trouble makin' your own family mind."

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But him--with all his money--he can help her--damn him!"

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And he says, 'You know damn' well I didn't want to be paid for Lura's body, Pros Passmore,' he says.

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