scumbreath
English
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editscumbreath (plural not attested)
- (derogatory, colloquial) A term of abuse.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk
- 1985, Don Oakland, “The Wildwoods Weekly Reader”[1], page 228:
- Take that, scum breath!
- 1998, David A. Gemmell, Sword in the Storm, →ISBN, page 212:
- The question is, do I cut your throat and kill your friends, or do I wander out and see to my ponies? Do you have any thoughts, scum-breath?
- 1998, Mariana Romo-Carmona, Speaking Like an Immigrant: A Collection, →ISBN, page 104:
- With his knife in my hand, I went to find the other three who had left the scumbreath in charge of me.