Vulgar words in Children of the Tenements (Page 1)

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cuss x 1
fag x 1
scrap x 1
spunk x 1
            

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I seen him myself when he cum to our alley last--" "What's youse kids a-scrappin' fur?" broke in a strange voice.

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They tackled her both at once, and poor Annie, after a six or eight weeks' tussle with them, has just about enough spunk left to cry when anybody looks at her.

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Finally, in desperation, blushing fiery red, he blurted out "a lot of cuss-words."

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He had not been long in our house before he took to absenting himself for days and nights at a time, returning ragged and fagged out, as if from a long spree.

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