Hilarious! Not sure it fits the setting or historical use of speech, but it sounds like one of the words that sets you the challenge of using it going forward at least once a year. :)
Yeah. A character uses it several times:
Kotzbombenelement! Ein sonderbarer Grobian!
Der macht sich über uns lustig. Kotzbombenelement
and
Kotzbombenelement! Wie duldsam Sie sind!
So a kind of curse, like 'Verdammt'
I'm curious, tho, how did they use the word (Kotzbombenelement)? Do you still have the page marked with the complete sentence?
Kotzbombenelement! Ein sonderbarer Grobian!
Der macht sich über uns lustig. Kotzbombenelement
and
Kotzbombenelement! Wie duldsam Sie sind!
So a kind of curse, like 'Verdammt'
And now I just googled it because I was curious: http://www.artagnan.de/forum/alexandre-dumas-sein-werk/145-kotzbombenelement/