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"ref": "1652, Ralph Venning, Mysteries and Revelations, →OCLC",
"text": "When the All-blessed Spirit of the ever living and ever-loving God hath given his teſtimony...",
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"ref": "1934, Damon Runyon, Blue Plate Special, →OCLC",
"text": "Why not call your ever-loving wife?",
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"That loves forever."
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"text": "Are you out of your ever-loving mind?"
},
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"ref": "1933, Rollin Kirby, “The death of a puppet”, in Vanity Fair, volume 41, page 66",
"text": "I could have kicked the ever-loving hell out'n you, if I'd had my mind on it.",
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},
{
"ref": "1982, Lewis Perdue, Queens Gate Reckoning, page 296",
"text": "What in ever-loving hell could you have done?",
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"General intensifier, often with beat or other verbs of violence."
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"ref": "1959 December 24, “People Are”, in Jet, page 42",
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"ref": "1982, Lewis Perdue, Queens Gate Reckoning, page 296",
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