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"ref": "1922, Adventure, volume 34, Issues 1-3 - Page 153",
"text": "Dance, yuh funny-faced cowson.",
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"ref": "1939, James Curtis, What Immortal Hand… - Page 235",
"text": "Well, I come down in the world…It’s a cowson, ain’t it.",
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"ref": "1946, David Marcus, Terrence Smith, S.J.White, Irish Writing - Volumes 1-6 - Page 62",
"text": "No kiddin’, I used to get on lovely with them, all except one cowson who wouldn’t wash.",
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"ref": "1947, John Cournos, Best World Short Stories: 1947 - Volume 1 - Page 108",
"text": "You lucky cowson. With a bleeding March coming off tomorrow and all.",
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"text": "1979, Chas & Dave, \"Gertcha\", Don’t Give a Monkey’s (album) https://genius.com/Chas-and-dave-gertcha-lyrics.\nGertcha, cowson, gertcha/Gertcha!.\n(chorus)",
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"text": "That cowson still owes me five quid."
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"text": "Millwall lost again. What a cowson."
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