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"ref": "1914, Una Hunt, Una Mary: The Inner Life of a Child, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 43",
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"ref": "1914, George Moore, ‘Hail and Farewell!’: Vale, London: William Heinemann, page 311",
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"sense": "the character ſ",
"word": "longa s"
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"sense": "the character ſ",
"word": "pitkä s"
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"sense": "the character ſ",
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