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Meaning of curse like a pagan | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Examples

“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.”
“[…]from the moment the guide announced he had lost his way, my factotum took leave at once of his courage and his senses and began to weep like a child and curse like a pagan.”
“The Febrers returned to their house covered with renown even in defeat; one bearing the golden testimonial of the Caesar’s friendship; the other, the knight commander, lying on a litter, cursing like a pagan because the blockading of Algiers had been discontinued.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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