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cursed like a pagan

cursed like a pagan is the simple past and past participle of curse like a pagan.

Meaning of curse like a pagan

Verb

curse like a pagan (third-person singular simple present curses like a pagan, present participle cursing like a pagan, simple past and past participle cursed like a pagan)

  1. (simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.
    • When his father saw him he fumed terribly, cursing like a pagan, and asking whether his son were a roysterer fit for the gallows as well as a fool fit for a cassock.1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome

Questions about cursed like a pagan

What is cursed like a pagan the simple past and past participle of?
Cursed like a pagan is the simple past and past participle of curse like a pagan.

Words near cursed like a pagan in the dictionary

  1. curse tablet
  2. curse tablets
  3. curse word
  4. curse words
  5. cursed
  6. cursed like a pagan
  7. cursed like a sailor
  8. cursed like a trooper
  9. cursed out
  10. curseder
  11. cursedest

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