See nonsensic on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1980, High Fidelity, page 30:",
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"ref": "1983, Acta Botanica Hungarica, volume 30, page 90:",
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"ref": "1993, New Trends in Referred Pain and Hyperalgesia, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 322:",
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"ref": "1989, Erich Kolig, Dreamtime Politics: Religion, World View and Utopian Thought in Australian Aboriginal Society, →ISBN, page 96:",
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