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"ref": "1972, Noel Bertram Gerson, The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honoré de Balzac, page 327",
"text": "The fortune burned a hole in his pocket, and he could not resist spending several thousand francs on jewelry for Eveline; […]",
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"ref": "2004, Alan Cooper, The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, page 60",
"text": "In frustration, I go to the local Circuit City, my Visa card burning a hole in my pocket. \"Here's a grand! Two grand,\" I shout, \"for the salesperson who can bring me a VCR that I can use to record TV shows.",
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"text": "When I later thought about the fifteen hundred dollars in hundred-dollar bills burning a hole in my pocket, and about how I was prepared to go immediately to the Democratic Party offices and plunk it down to campaign with a manager […]",
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"(idiomatic, of something valuable) To cause someone to spend money or be tempted to spend money."
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