See get the goods on on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1914, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 19, in The Long Chance:",
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"ref": "1921, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 10, in Tangled Trails:",
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"ref": "2000 April 6, Alexander Walker, \"Erin Brockovich\" (film review), London Evening Standard (UK) (retrieved 22 Nov 2011)",
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"ref": "2002 Sept. 26, \"California Culprits\" (editorial), New York Times (retrieved 22 Nov 2011)",
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