Vulgar words in Clayhanger (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 6
bastard x 1
bugger x 1
cocky x 1
damn x 8
            
knocked up x 2
            

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He hesitated with a diffident charming smile, feeling, as he often did in front of his father, that he ought to apologise for his existence, and yet fiercely calling himself an ass for such a sentiment.

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To Darius it seemed that Edwin's education was like lying down in an orchard in lovely summer and having ripe fruit dropped into your mouth... A cocky infant!

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Because I am an ass!

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Damn it!

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But the fellow was only a decent, dull, pushing, successful ass, and quite unable to assimilate Mr Orgreave; Edwin could never comprehend how Clara, so extremely difficult to please, so carping and captious, could mate herself to a fellow like Benbow.

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"Well, damn it, man!

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"You are an ass!" murmured the impartial watcher in the conning tower.

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It was agreeable thus to be an ass... His pride flared up again, and instead of stamping he blew on it.

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"Damn her!" he said to himself, but pleased with her.

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"Damn her!" he said to himself again.

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But one voice cried: "Pitch the bastard awt, neck and crop!"

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Damn it, you must have some sense of decency!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 8,977   ~   ~   ~

Could he meet her without giving her the impression that he was a conceited ass?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 9,121   ~   ~   ~

"Bugger you all!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 9,687   ~   ~   ~

"But the missus has been round to your father's to-night, and it seems the nurse has knocked up.

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"Knocked up, has she?" said Edwin.

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"Damn the shop!"

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Damn her!

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Charlie had judged her very well--damn him!

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