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cuss noun- a person; a creature US, 1775
Usually, slightly contemptuous, reproachful or humorous; probably derived as a shortening of CUSTOMER,CUSS - “You’re not a bad cuss really, are you?” I said pleasantly[.] — Petra Christian, The Sexploiters, p. 48, 1973
- Jim Watson is, if nothing else, an awkward cuss, albeit a talented one. — The Observer, 14 October 2001
- a curse US, 1848
A dated euphemism that survives in the term TINKER’S CUSS
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