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"ref": "1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World",
"text": "When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, \"Oh my God, get the gaff!\"",
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"ref": "1964, Kenneth Marlowe, Mr. Madam: Confessions of a Male Madam, Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, →LCCN, page 17",
"text": "This may sound strange to readers who know little about nudes but many female impersonators, or femme-mimics, work au naturel—except for a gaff, a bra, body makeup, jewelry, and a wig (on their head). See! Semi-nude!!",
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"ref": "1996, Christina Abernathy, Miss Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual, San Francisco: Greenery Press, page 35",
"text": "Sissy maids may be required to wear a gaff to disguise the male genitals, and a dominant may wish a slave to wear it on a daily basis.",
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"ref": "2006, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The Transgender Phenomenon, Sage Publications, page 227",
"text": "Vicky is a pre-operative MTF transsexual […] Wearing feminine underwear over her gaff in bed helps her to redefine her absence of female genitalia during sex (sexuality) in terms of it being her 'time of the month', as she jokes to Sean [her first boyfriend].",
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"ref": "1993, Betty Lou Wolfe, Marian Jean Gray, The Way We Were: Reflections from the 1930's, page 23",
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"ref": "1977, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, volume 46, number 9, page 8",
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"ref": "1989, Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, page 96",
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"ref": "2013 July 19, Kai-Huei Yau, “Shoot before you dye”, in Tri-City Herald, archived from the original on 2020-02-20",
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