That man was Kent, and he stayed because, according to his outraged companions, he was an ornery cuss, and his bump of patriotism was a hollow in his skull.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
He's a gruff old cuss, but good hearted.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
You know, it is a very easy thing to sit or stand around and "cuss" those in a legislative body for what they did or did not do.
"Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana"
Durham, Andrew Everett