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"ref": "2009, Loren Bartels, Twice The Luck: A Diary Of A Minnesota Moose Hunt, page 78",
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"ref": "1988, Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, page 206",
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"ref": "2013, Samantha Cook, Claire Saunders, The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey",
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"ref": "2010, Gary Cahill, “Corner of River and Rain”, in Best Genre Short Stories Anthology #2, page 11",
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"ref": "2014, Tampa Church of God, Read True Missionaries Experiences: The Hero of Hill House and Witch Doctor's Holiday",
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"ref": "2017, Pete Brown, Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer, page 196",
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"ref": "2021, Paul Deines, HowExpert Guide to Craft Beer, page 20",
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"text": "I also had beer sticks (mini salami sausages generally more at home on a bar leaner next to a beer-swilling male), which I had never taken before but which I thought would be a nice change from all the sweet snacks I usually ate, muesli bars, electrolyte-replacement drinks, bananas and chocolate.",
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},
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"ref": "2020, Keith Brooke, Genetopia",
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"ref": "1987, Sebastian Barry, The Engine of Owl-light, page 180",
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"ref": "2000, Denis Hamill, Fork in the Road, page 420",
"text": "Under the grime, Colin could make out the familiar images of Davey Grogan's grandfather and great-grandfather, proud men dressed in white aprons and bow ties, posing behind the beer stick and with horse-drawn beer delivery wagons.",
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},
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"text": "Through the glass front doors -- tables and booths on the left, the worn wooden long bar on the right, and behind the beer sticks, blessedly, Stella, our friend and sensible respite from all that \"Hi! How're you doin'\" \"You bet!\" \"Oh, sure!\" barkeep word slop that's the ruination of decent tavern talk almost everywhere.",
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"ref": "2014, Tampa Church of God, Read True Missionaries Experiences: The Hero of Hill House and Witch Doctor's Holiday",
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},
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