swear like a cutter

present singular third person swears like a cutter · participle present swearing like a cutter · past swore like a cutter · participle past sworn like a cutter

1. archaicsimileSynonym of swear like a trooper.

   Shouting at the top of his lungs and swearing like a cutter, Chip raged at the voices which were shoving him to the brink.

   2017, Stanley Campbell, The Legend of Chip: The Legend Begins

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   Patrick swore like a cutter as Antonia rushed to the minister as if he were about to rescue her from all evil. Mayhap she thought that was so, but the minister was frozen like Lot's wife.

   2015, Jo Ann Ferguson, A Model Marriage

   Synonyms: swear like a trooper