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curses like a sailor

curses like a sailor is the third-person singular simple present indicative of curse like a sailor.

Meaning of curse like a sailor

Verb

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

  1. (simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Questions about curses like a sailor

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

Words near curses like a sailor in the dictionary

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

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