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"ref": "1711, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella (published 1766), ch. 4, letter 31",
"text": "I cooled my heels in the cloisters till nine, then went in to the music-meeting."
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"ref": "1863, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter 27, in The House by the Church Yard",
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"ref": "1873, Mark Twain, chapter 28, in The Gilded Age",
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"ref": "1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Aes Triplex”, in Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson",
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"ref": "1943 December 30, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77",
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"ref": "2001 June 24, Nancy Gibbs, “The Currie Riddle”, in Time",
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"sense": "to wait impatiently or restlessly",
"word": "faire le poireau"
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