See cuss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"roman": "proklinam",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "проклинам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "rugaja",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "ругая"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to use cursing",
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"word": "nadávat"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to use cursing",
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"word": "klít"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "bande"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "vervloeken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "blasfemi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "sakri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "kiroilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "jurer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "fluchen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "vlasfimó",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "βλασφημώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "vlastimó",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "βλαστημώ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "bestemmiare"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"lang_code": "kix",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "thíe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "banne"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "banna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bluzgać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "bluznąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "falar palavrão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "falar palavrões"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "rugátʹsja",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "руга́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "palabrotear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "svära"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "to use cursing",
"word": "küfretmek"
}
],
"word": "cuss"
}
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"word": "give a tinker's cuss"
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"word": "tinker's cuss"
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{
"word": "what the cuss"
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"ref": "1912, Ainslee's, volume 28, page 130",
"text": "Biggest rascal … and the most likable cuss I've run up against in a year."
},
{
"ref": "1920, International Fire Fighter, volumes 3-4, page 26",
"text": "Polybius was a determined cuss and he kept at the fruit cart until he saved enough to start a regular fruit store."
},
{
"ref": "1999, Freya Manfred, Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers, page 176",
"text": "In fact, I'd like to recommend that every village and town go out of its way to make sure it still has an ornery cuss in its midst. … Wanted: More Ornery Cusses\nPrime Fathers"
},
{
"ref": "2023, P. C. Wren, Beau Geste - Complete Series: Beau Geste Trilogy & Good Gestes Tales",
"text": "\"He's … Just an ornery cuss.'\""
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