curse like a pagan

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.”

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