Vulgar words in Alex the Great (Page 1)

This book at a glance

bonehead x 1
boob x 10
brain x 1
damn x 2
scrap x 3
            

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Where is Elbert Huntington, which copped all the diplomas, did algebra by ear and was give medals for out-brainin' the class?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 140   ~   ~   ~

We was at the station then, so we had to practise self-denial and quit scrappin'.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 143   ~   ~   ~

Well, we stand in the middle of the waitin'-room like a couple of boobs for a while, and then a guy, which I figured must be a college devil bustin' into a new fraternity, comes gallopin' across the floor, slams a suitcase down on my foot and throws his arms around the wife's neck.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 569   ~   ~   ~

"You poor boob, can't you see how busy we are here now?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 946   ~   ~   ~

"That old boob gimme a pain anyways!" remarks the mechanic.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 988   ~   ~   ~

"I oughta knowed I'd only get the worst of it goin' out on a job with a coupla boobs like you guys.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,152   ~   ~   ~

We practised self-denial and laid off scrappin' long enough for friend wife to open the door.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,281   ~   ~   ~

I'm a soft-hearted boob and I hate to take a sucker, at that.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,748   ~   ~   ~

"Honey, we only been wed ten years--and here we are scrappin' _already_!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,979   ~   ~   ~

The poor boob gets as red as a four-alarm fire and goes crawlin' around the room tryin' to run them collar buttons down.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,366   ~   ~   ~

From the general chatter of the lovely Wilkinson, I figured him as a big, fatheaded, good-lookin' bonehead whose greatest trick so far had been marryin' his wife.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,601   ~   ~   ~

I heard him say somethin' that sounded like "Damn!" a couple of times, and then he turns to Wilkinson.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,634   ~   ~   ~

The overcoats are--" "Damn the overcoats!" hollers Alex.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,670   ~   ~   ~

He thinks his boss is a boob, because said boss is a little bit in doubt as to what day of the week Napoleon joined the army, and he wonders how in heaven's name a guy as stupid as that ever got as far as he did.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,745   ~   ~   ~

If this boss of yours is such a boob, what must _you_ be?

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,750   ~   ~   ~

The figures that should interest you more than anything else is these: For every dollar _you_ make, your boob boss is makin' a thousand.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,770   ~   ~   ~

The same concentration and perseverance on some one _big_ thing would put you over--and if you don't believe it, ask your boob boss, which undoubtedly did just that and is now keepin' you!"

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