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"ref": "1999, John Jakes, American Dreams",
"text": "As Sammy settled down for the night, he said, “That bit of fluff who owns the farm's a looker.”",
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"ref": "2015, Campbell Armstrong, Mambo",
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"ref": "2015, Katie Macalister, The Importance of Being Alice",
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"ref": "2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, page 260",
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"ref": "2012, D. S. Carroll, The Pagan in the Pulpit: A Seductive Novel of Religion and Redemption",
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"ref": "2014, Mark Alder, Son of the Morning",
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"ref": "2014, Colin Bratkovich, Just Remember This, page 483",
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