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Foul-mouthed   Listen
adjective
Foul-mouthed  adj.  Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive; as, noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once.
Synonyms: foul-spoken. "So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Foul-mouthed" Quotes from Famous Books



... naked women about, did they?" said the private in Aviation, a morose foul-mouthed little man who had been in the ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos

... and Peggy Carey. The jury promptly found them guilty of "receiving stolen goods." "Peggy Carey," says Recorder Horsemanden, "seeming to think it high time to do something to recommend herself to mercy, made a voluntary confession." This vile, foul-mouthed prostitute takes the stand, and gives a new turn to the entire affair. She removes the scene of the conspiracy to another tavern near the new Battery, where John Romme had made a habit of entertaining, contrary to law, Negro slaves. Peggy had ...
— History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George W. Williams

... than enough of animal courage. He was not afraid of highwaymen, and he had fought more than his share of duels, being a foul-mouthed advocate while he held briefs at the bar. No one questioned his fighting qualities. But with respect to this particular case of Pyneweck, he lived in a house of glass. Was there not his pretty, dark-eyed, over-dressed housekeeper, Mrs. Flora Carwell? Very easy for people who knew Shrewsbury ...
— Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu



Words linked to "Foul-mouthed" :   foul-spoken



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