Vulgar words in The Desert of Wheat (Page 1)

This book at a glance

cuss x 2 damn x 3 god damn x 1 make love x 2

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He called me a lot in German, but I know cuss words when I hear them.

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I'll put it off another year, an' cuss them other fellers into holdin' off, too."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,015   ~   ~   ~

"You made love to me!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 3,088   ~   ~   ~

I didn't make love to him.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 4,291   ~   ~   ~

"Well, I didn't burn one damn straw of your old wheat."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 7,331   ~   ~   ~

The reason is that in our first bayonet practice, when we rushed and thrust a stuffed bag, he made us yell, _"God damn you, German--die!

~   ~   ~   Sentence 8,500   ~   ~   ~

Damn queer, though.

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"Can you see any--" "Not a damn thing--yet everything," interrupted Sanborn, enigmatically.

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