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"ref": "1939, Helen Worden, Here is New York, page 71",
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"ref": "1942, The Economist - Volume 143, page 359",
"text": "Neither does it bother the floogy on the front seat, in pink slacks and a pseudo-sailor souvenir cap cocked on her synthetic curls.",
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"ref": "2004, Marina Harrison, Lucy D. Rosenfeld, Artwalks in New York, page 247",
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"ref": "1948, Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, page 362",
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"ref": "1993, Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo, Literacy disorders: holistic diagnosis and remediation, page 293",
"text": "...if children lived on boats and didn't take to the water immediately, we would put \"floogies\" on their arms to keep them afloat and build confidence until they learned how to swim.",
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"ref": "2007, The Hollywood Reporter - Volume 399, page cxvi",
"text": "\"(Wilson) feels like sibling rivalry drives the world and that we are all somehow formed by our siblings,\" Rosen said. \"He is tapping into universal aspects like noogies and floogies and Indian burns.\"",
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