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Down they go, kit an 'kaboodle, twenty feet, bear, dawgs, an' Rocky, slidin ', cussin', an 'scratchin', ker-plump into ten feet of water in the bed of stream.
THE END OF THE STORY 2010
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Mr. Haynes kept some distance ahead; but occasionally a bit of "cussin '" came back to us and we knew he was using freighter tactics.
Letters on an Elk Hunt Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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You my witness ob dis ruffian trispassin 'on my prop'ty an' cussin 'an' seducin 'a ol' woman widout 'er consent,' she says.
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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I just got to keep throwin 'things at her an' cussin 'an' smashin 'furniture, an' all that, 'cause if she ever got an idea how scared I am of her, she'd pick me up by the seat of my pants an '-- Oh, I tell you it's gettin' to be more'n I c'n stand, Mr. Crow.
Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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He liked to be liberal with his crew, for he believed a tot of grog would go further with them than "cussin ''em;" and the two mates did not gainsay him, though they believed in neither grog nor "cussin '."
A Victorious Union Oliver Optic 1859
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Jimmy-Jawed Jup'ter, Aunt Cindy's husban '; he'll show you somer the pretties' cussin 'you ever did hear. "
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Frances Boyd Calhoun 1888
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"'Paulo,' sez Tia to me, speakin 'in Samoan (an' cussin 'in English),
The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884
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Some folks are coming into Twitter today trying to tell me how to manage this, how I should change the hashtag so there's no cussin' or to target their favorite bad man, or how I should organize marches instead.
Jeff Jarvis: #f*ckyouwashington: The Story of a Hashtag and a Movement Jeff Jarvis 2011
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Some folks are coming into Twitter today trying to tell me how to manage this, how I should change the hashtag so there's no cussin' or to target their favorite bad man, or how I should organize marches instead.
Jeff Jarvis: #f*ckyouwashington: The Story of a Hashtag and a Movement Jeff Jarvis 2011
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"But you've got to quit cussin ', Martin, old boy; you've got to quit cussin'," he said aloud.
Chapter 4 2010
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