cuss-cuss n.
(W.I./UK black) a quarrel or fracas, with lots of cursing.
Proverbs of British Guiana 15: Cuss-cuss nebba bore hole a-me ’kin. | ||
Jamaica Proverbs and Sayings 10: Cuss-cuss no bore hole in a me ’kin. | ||
Jamaica Proverbs (1970) 17: Cuss-cuss no kill John-crow. | ||
Anancy Stories and Dialect Verse 89: Cuss-cuss no bore hole in a me ’kin. [Cuss-cuss – cursing; ’kin – skin]. | ||
(con. 1940s) Jamaica Labrish 148: For me tiard o’ de bus-fuss / An de cuss-cuss an abuse. | ‘Sir’ in||
(con. 1981) East of Acre Lane 233: Biscuit never told you ’bout any cuss-cuss she ’an her mudder might of ’ad? | ||
(con. c.1945) Island Songs (2006) 51: Jackie cooled her tone, not wanting a cuss cuss with her sister for her tongue was no match for hers. |