See big-boy pants on Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: big-girl pants"
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"ref": "1983, Randall Wallace, So Late Into the Night, Doubleday, published 1983, →ISBN, page 29:",
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"ref": "1987, Eleanor Weisberger, When Your Child Needs You: A Parents' Guide Through the Early Years, Adler & Adler, published 1987, →ISBN, page 31:",
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"ref": "2000, Timothy A. Buzzard, Guru in a Little Boy Suit, Trafford Publishing, published 2000, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2012 April 12, Alissa Gulin, “Keystone Pipeline: It won't unlock the future”, in The Diamondback, volume 102, number 125, University of Maryland, page 4:",
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"ref": "2014, \"Jewish Community Football League Playoffs and Championship!\", The Baltimore Jewish Home, 11 December 2014 - 25 December 2014, Volume 1, Issue 21, page 19",
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},
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