See fangtastic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2010, Michelle Roy Kelly, Love at First Bite: The Complete Vampire Lover's Cookbook, page 262:",
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"ref": "2012, The Book of Unusual Knowledge, page 661:",
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