See out of central casting on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2008, Holly Chamberlain, Tuscan Holiday, Kensington Books",
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"ref": "2013, Linda Clark, \"The Bhagwan's 93 Rolls-Royces\", in Keith Martin, Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting: Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure, Motorbooks (2013), unnumbered page",
"text": "As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straight out of central casting. His preferred garb was a satin-trimmed velvet robe and shoes, usually adorned with expensive jewelry."
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