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"ref": "circa 1980, George Spelvin, Petticoat Loose, Act II, Scene 1, published in George Spelvin's theatre book, volume 3",
"text": "You didn't come to me in time. And by the time you came to me that fool of a doctor had bled and leeched the lifeblood out of Timmy."
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"text": "It was she who stopped the lifeblood flow when Karl misswung an axe until Herta could come.",
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"ref": "2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 56",
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