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"text": "Nothing (besides Frank Silva) gave this overweight slothened teenager more heebies jeebies in the early 90s like UM.",
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"ref": "1984, E. Thomas Dowd, Leisure Counseling: Concepts and Applications, page 28",
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"ref": "2003, Jeff Jacobs, Swallowing Infinity, page 30",
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"ref": "2005, Valerie Kinloch, Margret Grebowicz, Still Seeking an Attitude, page 225",
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"ref": "1984, E. Thomas Dowd, Leisure Counseling: Concepts and Applications, page 28",
"text": "Whether leisure takes on “kamikaze\" or “slothen” proportions for the individual may not seem to be the rightful concern of helping professionals.",
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},
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"ref": "2002, Keśarī Nātha Tripāṭhī, The Images, page 62",
"text": "Yet, there are some\nLying lazy and slothen,\nSome in their mansion,\nOthers in deep depression.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Jeff Jacobs, Swallowing Infinity, page 30",
"text": "[…] slothen behemoth\nrotund belly protruding\ndrunken and glass eyed\nlost in the fantasy of its future.",
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},
{
"ref": "2005, Valerie Kinloch, Margret Grebowicz, Still Seeking an Attitude, page 225",
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