Vulgar words in The Rules of the Game (Page 1)

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bastard x 1
buffoon x 2
cuss x 6
damn x 25
jackass x 2
            
knock up x 1
spunk x 2
            

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He could see plainly the half-sodden grass of the campus, the budding trees, the red "gym" building, and the crowd knocking up flies.

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Either you're a damn fool or this college education racket has had the same effect on you as on most other young cubs.

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If you're the son of your father, you can't be entirely a damn fool.

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"Damn poor," admitted Tally frankly.

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Damn those Dutchmen!"

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"Some day the damn fool will bust his head open," said the liveryman, after a ruminative pause.

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"He _is_ a peppery little cuss," was his comment.

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There's one old cuss now that's making us trouble about the water.

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"Boys," said he pleasantly, "I don't know one damn thing about river-driving, but I do know when a man's doing his best work.

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"Well, now," chuckled Welton, as he gathered up the reins, "who'd have thought old Larsen could scare up the spunk!"

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"I didn't think old Larsen had the spunk," he repeated after a time.

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The true suburbs strung by in a panorama of strange little houses--imitation Swiss chalets jostling bastard Moorish, cobblestones elbowing plaster--a bewildering succession of forced effects.

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He didn't give a cuss how much it did there.

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It's damn foolishness that anybody should stop their going there; and I'll bet they won't lose their jobs.

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"Now did you ever see such utter damn foolishness?" growled Welton.

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"Does that damn operator leak?" inquired Welton placidly but with a narrowing of the eyes.

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"Merker," said Bob kindly, "I think your man is either a damn liar or a damn fool.

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"The same damn old robber.

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And then there's the Burro Mountains, which is half again as high as Baldy, and all the Burro country to Little Jackass.

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Nobody had ever dared question his right to use his own rangers as he damn well pleased!

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"But, damn it," he added, "the little devil's worse'n a catamount for fight!"

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"There's three or four mossbacks in the lot that are honest," cut in Welton, "but it's because they're too damn thick-headed to be anything else.

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"Damn good thing," growled Ross.

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And everybody in the country thought I was a damn fool.

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Only damn fools and lazy men took rangers' jobs those days.

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And every mountain man to point me out as that old fool Davidson who got fired after workin' nine years like a damn ijit.

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They'll think you've dropped back a peg; and they'll say to each other--at least some of them will: 'Old Davidson bit off more than he could chew; and it serves him right for being a damn fool, anyway.'

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"The little cuss is game, anyhow," muttered California John to Thorne.

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"He's one of these damn theorists, that's what he is," said Baker; "and he's got a little authority, and he's doing just as much as he can to unsettle business and hinder the legitimate development of the country."

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His form was awkward, his face homely, his ears stuck out like wings, and his expression was that of the always-appreciated buffoon.

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The tall, ungainly man with the outstanding ears and the buffoon's face stepped forward and whispered eagerly in his ear.

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"Then the boys over Jackass way and by the Crossing ought to see it for themselves."

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"Quaint cuss," he remarked a trifle bitterly.

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They're too damn honest.

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You had me hobbled, and then you cuss me out because I can't get over the rocks.

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"Damn his soul!" burst out Oldham.

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I know what you think of my methods in business; and I'd hate to say what I think of you as the blue ribbon damn fool in that respect.

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But I like you, and I'm willing to admit you've got stuff in you; and I know damn well you and your father and I can have a fine young lunch talking duck-shooting and football.

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