Vulgar words in The Getting of Wisdom (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 4
cocky x 2
country bumpkin x 1
damn x 2
            

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"Don't be an ass, pater."

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What I don't let him savvy is, whether I care a twopenny damn for him.

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"Oh, don't be such an ass!"

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"Oh, don't be such a blooming ass!" and Laura, stung to the quick, retaliated by taunting Pin with the change that had come to pass in her appearance.

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It was Cupid who said: "Look here, Infant, you'll be getting cocky about what you did, if you don't look out."

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"You were warned not to be too cocky, you know," Mary said judicially, on seeing her downcast air.

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"Mark my words, that child'll be plucked in her 'tests'," observed M. P. "Serve her right, say I, for playing the billy-ass," returned Cupid, and killed a giant mosquito with such a whack that her wrist was stained with its blood.

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Of two girls who were playing tennis in half-hearted fashion, the one next Laura said 'Oh, damn!' every time she missed a ball.

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"Now, you've no more idea how to behave than a country bumpkin.

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