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"ref": "2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 13",
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"ref": "2014 July 7, Hermione Hoby, “Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2014 July 7, Hermione Hoby, “Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon”, in The Guardian",
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"word": "luau"
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"sense": "elaborate Hawaiian feast",
"word": "lūʻau"
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