See something something on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1948, Jocelyn Pereira, A Distant Drum:",
"text": "The bloody something somethings.",
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"ref": "1962, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, London Magazine - Volume 2, page 30:",
"text": "'You big blanks,' Maidie yelled defiantly. 'You something somethings. I wasn't doing anything.\"",
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"ref": "2007, Janice Sims, Kim Louise, Natalie Dunbar, Can I Get an Amen Again, →ISBN, page 503:",
"text": "Gaby and Marcus whispered sweet something somethings in each other's ear, and kissed throughout the song.",
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"ref": "2008, Toriano Porter, The Pride of Park Avenue, →ISBN, page 106:",
"text": "\"Well, DeDe, we kinda had a um — a um — you know. . . a little something something going on on the side.\"",
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"ref": "2010, Makayla Messam, Life After Death, →ISBN, page 8:",
"text": "He could have at least broke a sister off a little something something.",
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"ref": "2011, Lurea C. McFadden, Men Don't Leave: (they Get Put Out), →ISBN:",
"text": "I don't really pay rent, but I always leave a little 'something something' on Fridays just to let her know I care.",
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"ref": "2014, Shelia M. Goss, The Joneses, →ISBN, page 77:",
"text": "No need to get dressed. Since I'm here, we can do a little something something.”",
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"ref": "2014, Yvonne \"YC\" Coates, It Was Written All Over Their Faces: Ask Y, She Cried Uncle, →ISBN:",
"text": "Thank you to Cody Anderson who gave me the opportunity to do my own talk radio program. I had tried a little something something a few years earlier, and I also co-hosted the Matah Program along with Anthony Phillips and Norm Bond, before Cody gave me the green light to do my own thing.",
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"ref": "2014, Tia Ramirez, Mad Love: A Short Story, →ISBN, page 35:",
"text": "He wanted me to go so we could spend some downtime with each other, instead of trying to at school, but I told him I couldn't because I had a test to study for. Of course I was lying. I wanted to surprise him with a little something something.",
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"ref": "2015, C.K. Carr, Something Worth Having, page 12:",
"text": "\"Yeah, well. That's the first time I've crossed a border with someone who might not be legally allowed to enter the country and the first time I did so not knowing if my travel companion had maybe packed a little something something in his bags.",
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"text": "The bloody something somethings.",
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"text": "'You big blanks,' Maidie yelled defiantly. 'You something somethings. I wasn't doing anything.\"",
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"ref": "2007, Janice Sims, Kim Louise, Natalie Dunbar, Can I Get an Amen Again, →ISBN, page 503:",
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},
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"ref": "2008, Toriano Porter, The Pride of Park Avenue, →ISBN, page 106:",
"text": "\"Well, DeDe, we kinda had a um — a um — you know. . . a little something something going on on the side.\"",
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"ref": "2011, Lurea C. McFadden, Men Don't Leave: (they Get Put Out), →ISBN:",
"text": "I don't really pay rent, but I always leave a little 'something something' on Fridays just to let her know I care.",
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"text": "No need to get dressed. Since I'm here, we can do a little something something.”",
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"ref": "2014, Yvonne \"YC\" Coates, It Was Written All Over Their Faces: Ask Y, She Cried Uncle, →ISBN:",
"text": "Thank you to Cody Anderson who gave me the opportunity to do my own talk radio program. I had tried a little something something a few years earlier, and I also co-hosted the Matah Program along with Anthony Phillips and Norm Bond, before Cody gave me the green light to do my own thing.",
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"ref": "2014, Tia Ramirez, Mad Love: A Short Story, →ISBN, page 35:",
"text": "He wanted me to go so we could spend some downtime with each other, instead of trying to at school, but I told him I couldn't because I had a test to study for. Of course I was lying. I wanted to surprise him with a little something something.",
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"ref": "2015, C.K. Carr, Something Worth Having, page 12:",
"text": "\"Yeah, well. That's the first time I've crossed a border with someone who might not be legally allowed to enter the country and the first time I did so not knowing if my travel companion had maybe packed a little something something in his bags.",
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