Vulgar words in The Plastic Age (Page 1)

This book at a glance

bastard x 2
cocky x 1
cuss x 1
damn x 55
jackass x 1
            
knickers x 2
scrap x 1
            

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The other lad jumped to his feet, revealing, to Hugh's surprise, golf knickers.

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It's a bastard, that hill is.

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"I can't run worth a damn myself, but I'm not bad at tennis--not very good, either.

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Say, why wait for two more of the damn things to kill you off?"

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Don't think that I mean just 'damn' and 'hell.'

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He jumped off the desk, leaned over to slap Morse on the back, and told him that he was a good egg but a damn fool.

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Well, Kane isn't strong for _nouveau riche_ kids, not by a damn sight.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 958   ~   ~   ~

"You're a good egg, Hugh," he said in the midst of a yawn, "but you're a damn fool."

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They're too damn dirty, these sophomores.

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Damn it, I'm going to have to get a beefsteak or something for this lamp of mine."

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He ought to make a damn good man."

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Damn it!

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_You've got to fight!_ Raleigh's good, damn good; it hasn't lost a game this season--and we've got to win, _win_!

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Damn good."

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"Damn it to hell, he ought to.

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Damn!

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I can't make much out of the damn thing."

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"God!" said Carl as he scanned his list hopelessly, "these damn questions cover everything in the course and some things that I know damn well weren't in it.

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"Don't be a triple-plated jackass.

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You know damn well you wouldn't."

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He retained much of the shyness and diffidence that gives the freshman his charm, and he did not succeed very well in acquiring the swagger, the cocky, patronizing manner, the raucous self-assurance that characterize the true sophomore.

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Had a damn good time.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,480   ~   ~   ~

"Hell, I'm out with bags all the time, as you damn well know.

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"I admit that I'm no angel, but I don't believe that I'm a damn bit worse than the average.

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"I don't see any sense in scrapping about that any more.

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You damn well don't know what's coming after you kick the bucket."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,608   ~   ~   ~

The Bible says, 'Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward,' and, believe me, that's damn true.

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And most of the professional Christians that I've seen are damn fools.

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Some of the fellows say positively there's no sense in staying straight; and a few, damn few, admit that they think a fellow ought to leave women alone, but most of them are in a muddle."

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There's a little dame that I've got to write a letter to, and, believe me, she's a damn sight more interesting than all your bull."

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Because some of the fraternities are so damn broad-minded isn't any reason that we ought to be.

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"None--none of you da-damn business," Hugh replied angrily, trying to shake his wrist free.

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"Mind your own damn business."

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"It was damn white of you.

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"Oh, Carl, I'm so damn sorry."

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Lazy cuss, aren't you?" he asked amiably.

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"We may not be so hot, but we're a damn sight better than these guys that work in offices and mills.

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"I can't act worth a damn.

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I suppose you did your best last year, though I know damn well that you aren't doing it this year.

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Well, I don't want any more of you--not--one--damn--bit-- more--of--you."

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"I'm a damn fool to play," Winsor asserted positively, "a plain damn fool, I oughtn't to waste my time at it, but I'm a regular fiend for the game.

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"Take the pot, damn you.

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Of all the bastard luck.

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I'm so--so damn glad to see you, Hugh.

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It's so damn kissable."

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She assured Hugh that Sanford men looked awfully smooth in their knickers and white flannels; in fact, she said the whole college seemed jake to her.

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When he finally took his lips from hers, Cynthia whispered softly, "You're such a good egg, Hugh honey, such a damn good egg."

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You get it for me and I'll put it right here--" he touched his temple awkwardly--"and I'll--I'll blow my damn brains out.

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That's awfully damn good of you."

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"She--she--oh, damn it!--she told me before she left that everything was all off.

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That orchestra could certainly play jazz; it could play it too damn well.

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The Prom was a drunken brawl, but all Sanford men aren't drunkards--not by a damn sight."

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Poor kid...." "Gee, that's tough; that's damn tough.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,834   ~   ~   ~

I don't really know one damn thing about anything."

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They were agony, and he never taught me a damn thing."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,889   ~   ~   ~

"Most of them don't teach you a damn thing," Winsor exclaimed, tapping his pipe on the mantel.

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We're blaming it all on the profs, and you know damn well that we don't study.

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Hell, sometimes I think that we're all damn fools.

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Sad, this business of saying good-by, damn sad.

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Good eggs, all of them--damn good eggs.... God!

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Freud said something like that, he thought, and Freud knew a damn sight more about it than the poets.

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