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curse jar

curse jar noun: synonym of swear jar.

Noun

curse jar (plural curse jars)

  1. Synonym of swear jar.
    • The group’s founding members, Asheru (Gabriel Benn) and Blue Black (Robert Jackson) joke they might have to ante up money for the art bar’s curse jar. Both culturally and percussively, sometimes the music just calls for a good expletive.2011 December 30, Lonnae O'Neal Parker, “By night, Asheru. By day, Mr. Benn. A hip-hop artist transforms education.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN...
    • To save on the rental fee, the timing must be right. I can shave off a day if I pick up the car in the early evening. However, if my reservation starts in the late morning or afternoon, I will not interrupt my last day of touring for a jaunt to the airport. In this case, I will return the car with...2022 December 2, Andrea Sachs, “Why you should ditch your rental car the night before your flight”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
    Synonyms:
    swear jar

Examples of curse jar in a sentence

  • I view this expense as an insurance plan that will protect me from losing even more money on a replacement flight, plus the countless quarters I would have owed the curse jar.2022 December 2, Andrea Sachs, “Why you should ditch your rental car the night before your flight”, in The Washington Post, Washington...
  • “You can say, ‘For every person that talks about the election, you give a dollar toward our honeymoon fund,’ almost like a curse jar,” she said.2024 August 8, Sadiba Hasan, “Making Your Wedding a Politics-Free Zone”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
  • But honey, I promise you, I'll honor the curse jar.2024 September 23, Jon Michael Raasch, “JD Vance reveals how he became a Christian and warns Democrats are a threat to religious liberties...

Synonyms of curse jar

Forms of curse jar

pluralcurse jars

Questions about curse jar

What does curse jar mean?
Curse jar means synonym of swear jar.
How do you use curse jar in a sentence?
I view this expense as an insurance plan that will protect me from losing even more money on a replacement flight, plus the countless quarters I would have owed the curse jar.
What part of speech is curse jar?
Curse jar is a noun.
What is the plural of curse jar?
The plural of curse jar is curse jars.

Words near curse jar in the dictionary

  1. cursable
  2. Curschmann's spirals
  3. Curschmann-Steinert disease
  4. curse
  5. curse it
  6. curse jar
  7. curse jars
  8. curse like a pagan
  9. curse like a sailor
  10. curse like a trooper
  11. curse of Cain

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