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"text": "Seven such social groups were present at the two festivals: Beardies; Jammers; Irish Fiddlers; Poets; Dancers; Campers an Vanners.[…]The Beardies are men, mainly heavily bearded; described by David as ‘the traditionalists and fundamentalists of the folk scene’ who are often heads of folk club[s], the older generation and the highly respected (Figure 15.1).",
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"ref": "1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242",
"text": "The fascinating \"beardie\" is not a tit at all, but belongs to an Asian family, the parrotbills.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"ref": "2005, Reptiles, volume 13",
"text": "But she always kept her distance whenever one of my beardies was out of its cage, as if Moose merely acted like a good-natured lap lizard to throw her off[…].",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Steve Grenard, Bearded Dragon, page 52",
"text": "It is impossible to determine the sex of beardies as babies or juveniles, so if you are thinking of breeding them, you may have to buy four or five and raise them in individual enclosures.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2008, Suzanne Buckingham, Meet the Bearded Dragon, page 20",
"text": "The bearded dragon will reach its adult length by one year. Baby beardies quickly grow into long, strong lizards!",
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"ref": "1996, Andrew De Prisco, James Burris Johnson, Choosing a Dog for Life, page 73",
"text": "Beardies grow fast. They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Don Burke, The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets, page 754",
"text": "Beardies take two to three years to mature, so be prepared for typical puppy activity during this time.",
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"ref": "1864, John Younger, River Angling for Salmon and Trout : With a Memoir and List of the Tweed Salmon Casts, page 180",
"text": "Loaches (or beardies) often also thinned our preserves, and in this they were occasionally helped by small eels. Whenever beardies got within an enclosure containing only creepers and caddis worms, in a very short space of time the beardies alone were left, so rapacious are these small fishes.",
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