Vulgar words in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 (Page 1)

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cuss x 3
damn x 1
smack dab x 1
            

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Old mis', she cuss an' rare worse 'an a man.

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Mars Sam, he stand by de pots handin' out de grub an' givin' out de bread an' he cuss loud an' say: 'Take a sop of dat grease on your hoecake an' move erlong fast 'fore I lashes you.'

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As we wuz startin' home some monstrous thing riz up right smack dab in front ov us, not more'n 100 feet away.

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I never heard nobody cuss so much over nothing as ever I found out.

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When I see em settin' around the ballot box at the polls, sometimes with a cigarette in their mouths, and again slingin' out a 'damn' or two, I want to slap em good and hard.

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