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"ref": "2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Anchor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 448:",
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"note": "болту́н — нахо́дка для шпио́на (boltún — naxódka dlja špióna, literally “a chatterbox is a treasure for a spy”)",
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