Vulgar words in Homeburg Memories (Page 1)

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chump x 1
cuss x 2
            

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Around them dozens of red helmets are bobbing, while the quivering air is cut and slashed and mangled with a very hurricane of orders: "Bring up that hose--" "Whoa, keep that horse still--" "Bring her round this way--" "Bring her round _this_ way--" "Hey, you chumps, the fire's _this_ side--" "Back up that wagon--" "Come ahead with the wagon--" "Get out of here till we get a ladder up--" "Axes here--" "Turn on that water--" "Turn on that water--" "_Turn on that water!

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You're a nice friendly cuss, you are.

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He ran around the country a good deal, however, tuning it up and trying it out, and as he was a sociable cuss, some of us always went with him.

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