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cursing like a pagan

cursing like a pagan is the present participle and gerund 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 cursing like a pagan

What is cursing like a pagan the present participle and gerund of?
Cursing like a pagan is the present participle and gerund of curse like a pagan.

Words near cursing like a pagan in the dictionary

  1. curseworthy
  2. curship
  3. cursi
  4. cursin'
  5. cursing
  6. cursing like a pagan
  7. cursing like a sailor
  8. cursing like a trooper
  9. cursing out
  10. cursingly
  11. cursings

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