sonuvabitch

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Noun

sonuvabitch (plural sonuvabitches or sonsuvbitches)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) Alternative spelling of son of a bitch
   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 168:

     The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her—she didn't drink—and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring me one, so I had a Coke, too.

   • 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)

     MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.

     PENTANGELI: Clemenza promised them nothing, he hated the sonsuvbitches.