See wot on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, \"The Garden of Proserpine\" in Poems and Ballads, 1st Series, London: J. C. Hotten, 1866",
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"ref": "1988, Terry Pratchett, Mort, Corgi, published 1988, page 91:",
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"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John:",
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