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"text": "c1710, Jonathan Swift, \"A Conference,\" lines 11-12,\nAnd since we're so near, like birds of a feather,\nLet's e'en, as they say, set our horses together."
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"ref": "1876, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in The Prime Minister",
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"ref": "1951 May 21, “As Bad or Worse?”, in Time",
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"word": "due gocce d'acqua"
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"word": "Dios los cría y ellos se juntan"
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"word": "lika barn"
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