"Continong" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1896, William Edward Norris, The Dancer in Yellow, D. Appleton and Company, page 17",
          "text": "She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—\"'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too! If I were to stay in England, you would be running off to meet me somewhere or other every ten days or so, and the cat would very likely be let out of the bag.\"",
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          "ref": "1924, Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates, John Lane Company, The Bodley Head Limited, page 270",
          "text": "...Our fine gentleman was off to catch the boat train to the Continong. Well, gentlemen, that’s about all we can do here. It’s a bad business, but straightforward enough. One of these Italian vendetta things, as likely as not.",
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          "text": "Likewise, in \"The Continong\" (\"the Continent\" as they imagine it to be pronounced by a Frenchman) Wigan is contrasted, this time more defensively, with the delights, foods, and smells of abroad.",
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