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"ref": "1992, Tamora Pierce, Wild Magic, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, page 57",
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"ref": "2015, David Nabhan, The Pilots of Borealis, London: Gollancz, published 2020",
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"ref": "1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 157",
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"ref": "1736, Alexander Pope, Bounce to Fop",
"text": "When pamper'd Cupids, bestly Veni's, / And motly, squinting Harvequini's, / Shall lick no more their Lady's Br—, / But die of Looseness, Claps, or Itch; / Fair Thames from either ecchoing Shoare / Shall hear, and dread my manly Roar.",
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"word": "Hosen tragen"
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