Green’s Dictionary of Slang

cuss-cuss n.

[cuss v. (2) + redup.]

(W.I./UK black) a quarrel or fracas, with lots of cursing.

[WI]J. Speirs Proverbs of British Guiana 15: Cuss-cuss nebba bore hole a-me ’kin.
[WI]Anderson & Cundall Jamaica Proverbs and Sayings 10: Cuss-cuss no bore hole in a me ’kin.
[US]M. Beckwith Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 17: Cuss-cuss no kill John-crow.
[WI]Bennett, Clarke & Wilson Anancy Stories and Dialect Verse 89: Cuss-cuss no bore hole in a me ’kin. [Cuss-cuss – cursing; ’kin – skin].
[WI](con. 1940s) L. Bennett ‘Sir’ in Jamaica Labrish 148: For me tiard o’ de bus-fuss / An de cuss-cuss an abuse.
[UK](con. 1981) A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 233: Biscuit never told you ’bout any cuss-cuss she ’an her mudder might of ’ad?
[UK](con. c.1945) A. Wheatle Island Songs (2006) 51: Jackie cooled her tone, not wanting a cuss cuss with her sister for her tongue was no match for hers.