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"text": "Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching",
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"ref": "2009, Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press, published 2009, page 146",
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"ref": "2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press, published 2006, page 70",
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"ref": "2012, Die Antwoord, “Fatty Boom Boom”, in Ten$Ion",
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"ref": "2012 July 18, Erik Biksa, “Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy”, in Rosebud",
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"text": "The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea."
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"ref": "2004, David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press, published 2004",
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"ref": "2004, Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories, Blue Moon Books, published 2005, page 4",
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"ref": "2009, Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press, published 2009, page 146",
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"ref": "2019 August 12, “Deep In It”, Fizzler (lyrics)",
"text": "No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.",
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{
"ref": "2021 March 25, “Body” (track 34), in NOW That's What I Call Music! 109 [UK], performed by Russ Millions,Tion Wayne",
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"ref": "2023 June 18, “100mph Freestyle x3”, Clavish (lyrics), 0:59",
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"ref": "2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House, published 2002",
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"ref": "2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press, published 2006, page 70",
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"ref": "2011 June 30, David Taylor, “Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack”, in Daily Record, Scotland",
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