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curse

/kɝs/ noun A2
  1. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
  2. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
  3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
  4. A vulgar epithet.
  5. A woman's menses. (dated, slang)

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Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 118 · B2
‘He sent it to me in that state, with his curse, upon my wedding morning.’
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · C1
Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 2 · B2
The Curse of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 9 · C1

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