"Dear Abby" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, “Beauty School Dropout”, in Grease",
          "text": "Baby, you know it. Even Dear Abby’d say the same.",
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          "ref": "1976, “Me and the Elephant”, performed by Gene Cotton",
          "text": "Well I wrote to Ann Landers and Dear Abby too / And sought their advice as to what I should do",
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          "ref": "1994 December 3, Adam Sandler, “The Chanukah Song”, Saturday Night Live, National Broadcasting Company",
          "text": "We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby."
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          "ref": "2014, Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow, Making It Legal, Nolo, page 114",
          "text": "I am not Dr. Phil, Dear Abby, or a qualified relationship counselor.",
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