See neckful on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2003, Katy Lederer, Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers, page 67:",
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"ref": "2011, Poe Ballantine, 501 Minutes to Christ: Personal Essays, page 47:",
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