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"ref": "1999, Rachel Rubin Wolf, Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers, page 22",
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"ref": "2010, Sarah Cunningham, Picking Dandelions: A Search for Eden Among Life's Weeds, page 65",
"text": "The stuff that was really valuable came from rare eraser colors. Teal or lime green, for example, were particularly hot in third grade. And orange eraser dust? Don't get me started. I would've traded gold bars for orange eraser dust.",
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"ref": "2011, John Ames, Adventures in Nowhere, page 210",
"text": "Danny brushed away the eraser dust, but he could see no trace of what he had erased.",
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"roman": "keshigomu no kasu",
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"word": "消しゴムのカス"
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"ref": "1990, Dennis J. Sporre, Robert C. Burroughs, Scene design in the theatre, page 152",
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"ref": "2011, Scrapbook Tips & Techniques - Book 2, page 80",
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},
{
"ref": "1990, Dennis J. Sporre, Robert C. Burroughs, Scene design in the theatre, page 152",
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},
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"ref": "2012, Dennis Dorn, Mark Shanda, Drafting for the Theatre, page 34",
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"ref": "2011, Scrapbook Tips & Techniques - Book 2, page 80",
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