cuss out
Example Sentences
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I have never crossed paths with an English wolf, but pardon my French they scare the cuss out of me.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
Supposin' there is some poor cuss out there huntin' a place to sleep.
From The Daughter of Anderson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon
"Well," spluttered Diggs; "it don't seem zactly right, seein' as how I on'y pulled the cuss out of his clothes and then let him go with a lambastin'."
From Back to the Woods by Hugh McHugh
In the olden days the women didn’t cuss out loud but they did ‘wooden cussin.’
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
