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"ref": "1947, Harry Sylvester, Moon Gaffney (1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593, p. 116",
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"ref": "2004 October 4, Abigail Van Buren, “Dear Abby”, in Beaver County Times, retrieved 2010-10-10",
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"ref": "2008, Jackie Kessler, Hell's Belles, page 317",
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