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swear like a cutter en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (archaic, qualifier:simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.
    • Patrick swore like a cutter as Antonia rushed to the minister as if he were about to rescue her from all evil. Mayhap she thought that was so, but the minister was frozen like Lot's wife. 2015, Jo Ann Ferguson, A Model Marriage:
    • Shouting at the top of his lungs and swearing like a cutter, Chip raged at the voices which were shoving him to the brink. 2017, Stanley Campbell, The Legend of Chip: The Legend Begins:

Forms

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sworn like a cutter Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swears like a cutter Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swore like a cutter Tense=Past lexicographic
swearing like a cutter Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

swear like a trooper