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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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'Damn' was once the most offensive word in the 1900s – here’s why
He said: "I remember being a teenager and finding a copy of the book "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray, and I noticed that whenever a character in the book said the word "Damn" it was written as "D ...