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"etymology_text": "Alteration of Maggie, from Margaret.",
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"ref": "1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book Two, Chapter 9:",
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"ref": "1996, Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant's House, page 257:",
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{
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}
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