J.J. was an independent cuss and didn't pull any punches.

I guess what you have to understand about Lorna is she was an independent little cuss.

You're such an independent cuss, you will refuse as a matter of foolish principle.

He sounds like an independent cuss.

He always was an independent cuss.

He's been a very independent cuss, and he's published wonderful books" - something that could be said about both of them.

"Dissidents from a dissident colony-you must he damned independent cusses."

Because I'm an independent cuss, and I like to do things my own way.

Rather, I am busy with my own work, and Cheryl is an independent cuss.

Uncle Elijah, by all accounts, had been an independent cuss who never let others do work he could do himself.