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"ref": "1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 10, in Red Money",
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"ref": "1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 7, in The Secret of the Tower",
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"ref": "1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves",
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"ref": "2012 March 27, David Seidler, “The King's Speech play: At last, my crowning moment...”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2012-12-27",
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