sonuvabitch

plural sonuvabitches · plural sonsuvbitches

1. alternativederogatoryslangvulgarAlternative spelling of son of a bitch.

   MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.

   1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)

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   The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her—she didn't drink—and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring me one, so I had a Coke, too.

   1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 168

   "Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater.

   1979 June 25, Richard Schickel, “Show Business: Duke: Images from a Lifetime”, in TIME, archived from the original on 13 May 2011

   "Holla, balla," she calls when she sees me approaching. "What's crappenin'?" "You old polecat sonuvabitch,” I crow, tackling her. "You planned a 4H meeting without me."

   2011 July 12, Laura Goode, Sister Mischief, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 275