See cakeful on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1971, James Goldman (book), Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics), “Bring On The Girls”, in Follies: The Complete Recording, TVT Records, published 1998:",
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"ref": "1988, Dorothy Weiss Gottlieb, Inez Bellow Gottlieb, Marjorie A. Slavin, “There’s No Such Thing As an Ex-Grandparent”, in What to Do When Your Son or Daughter Divorces, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 128:",
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"ref": "2010, Ron Jost, Holding Out the Hand of a Dead Relative, Great Horned Publishing, →ISBN, page 44:",
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