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"ref": "1852, Charles Jacobs Peterson, The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters, T. B. Peterson, page 76:",
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"ref": "1868, W. S. Gilbert, “Ruy Blas”, in Tom Hood, editor, The 5 Alls: A Collection of Stories, page 53:",
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"ref": "1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, chapter 1:",
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"ref": "1973, Rules of Evidence [unintelligible], Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, [unintelligible] Special Subcommittee on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 12",
"text": "it is bound to make of medical malpractice trials veritable wars of even more lengthy attrition; with each side employing such a published congeries of conflicting medical views as would thoroughly confusticate any jury..."
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"ref": "1993 February 16, Jessica L. Babylon, “Re: Jessica wins new title: NET.TRAMP”, in alt.personals (Usenet), message-ID <1993Feb16.093030.11303@oz.plymouth.edu>:",
"text": "well it sorta isn't YOU, it is rather you quoting me and him quoting you quoting me see how many little greater than signs there are? But it doesn't work if what comes after *my* line is his line and not yours, easy to get confusticated eh?",
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"ref": "1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 71:",
"text": "He tapped the side of his pack: on it was written: CHARMED, ENCHANTED, ENSORCELLED AND CONFUSTICATED. 'I used to be confusticated,' he confided, 'but you know how these things go.'",
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"ref": "2001, Peter J. Dabbene, Mister Dreyfus' Demons, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 158:",
"text": "The shoulder-Satan whispered into Fred’s ear, “How many chances do you get to confusticate Satan himself?”",
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