(1) Seven years after his last book, he is back - and the old cuss is leaner, meaner, and bloodier than ever.

(2) So without further ado ladies and gentlemen, he presents his first ever attempt at a cuss free column

(3) In the face of modernity, there's a thrill in watching an ornery cuss who clings to the old ways.

(4) ÔÇÿThat is absolutely no concern to me, I couldn't give a cuss about it,ÔÇÖ O'Neill said.

(5) Langford's always come off like an ornery cuss , a guy who doesn't suffer fools gladly.

(6) ÔÇÿWizards,ÔÇÖ I swore, making the average word a cuss .

(7) But if I die I don't give a tinkers cuss who gets my body parts.

(8) Not because it was a cuss - I am bad that way, in the right company - but because I hadn't adopted the usual FCC standards when doing an interview.

(9) Either it'll get worse, and I'll end up with a fabulous accent in an alternate reality, or it'll wear off when I find a new cuss of the week.

(10) Seriously, folks, I was beside myself with nerves, and I ain't a stranger to a cuss at the best of times.

(11) A stubborn cuss , who would never accept what I didn't believe, and could not be beaten into believing it, or appearing to believe it.

(12) I was on the ship for a long time, so I must have heard a cuss or two.

(13) Kaze growled once more a cuss at the creatures that had attacked them.

(14) King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss .

(15) Which reminds me: he could be a stubborn cuss , too.

(16) ÔÇÿHe sure is a stubborn little cuss ain't he?ÔÇÖ asked Mike, quite amused.

(17) And although Beryl, simple lass of cheery disposition, has tried to sweet talk Tom on more than one social occasion, the old cuss has always rebuffed the olive branch.

(18) She's the sort of contentious cuss who would be flipping the bird to the courts no matter what the circumstances.

(19) Straus, celebrated by all as the most independent cuss in publishing, readily agreed.

(20) He was certainly an unsociable cuss