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curses like a pagan

curses like a pagan is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 curses like a pagan

What is curses like a pagan the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Curses like a pagan is the third-person singular simple present indicative of curse like a pagan.

Words near curses like a pagan in the dictionary

  1. curseless
  2. curselike
  3. curser
  4. cursers
  5. curses
  6. curses like a pagan
  7. curses like a sailor
  8. curses like a trooper
  9. curses of Cain
  10. curses out
  11. curses, like chickens, come home to roost

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