Vulgar words in Tales of the Five Towns (Page 1)

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ass x 4
damn x 3
            

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'Damn!' he murmured.

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In the eyes of Bursley people he was a very decent fellow, a steady fellow, a confirmed bachelor, a close un, a knowing customer, a curmudgeon, an excellent clerk, a narrow-minded ass, a good Wesleyan, a thrifty individual, and an intelligent burgess--according to the point of view.

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'Damn thee, Mary!

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Some silly ass, a schoolmate, cried, 'Go it!' as the machine bowled along, and the mischief was that the mare, startled, went it.

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In other words, he was fully and painfully aware that he must have looked a fool, a coward, an ass, a contemptible and pitiful person, in the eyes of at least one girl, if not of two.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,306   ~   ~   ~

My character wasn't wrecked because I happened to split on myself, like an ass, about that affair.

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'I'd get 'em 'gether in a heap, and I'd--Damn this pipe!'

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