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"ref": "1896, Émile Zola, The Fat and the Thin, page 142",
"text": "She shook herself like a poodle, saying that she was quite used to such weather, and was not made of sugar, to melt away beneath a few drops of rain.",
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"ref": "1930, John Barber Scott, An Englishman at Home and Abroad: 1792-1828, with Some Recollections of Napoleon: Being Extracts from the Diaries of J. B. Scott of Bungay, Suffolk; with an Appendix",
"text": "When I called next day to state the reason, he said, \"Are you made of sugar or salt that you thought the rain would destroy you.\"",
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"ref": "1954, Bill Gulick, A Thousand for the Cariboo, Boston: Houghton Mifflin",
"text": "She said, “Brent, wouldn't it be simpler if we camped out? I'm not made of sugar, you know.”",
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"ref": "2010 August 1, J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone, Slaughter of Eagles, Pinnacle Books, page 26",
"text": "“What if it does rain? You ain't made of sugar,” Clete said. “You ain't goin' to melt.” Poole laughed. “You ain't made of sugar,” he repeated. “I like that.”",
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"ref": "2019 February 1, Debby Giusti, Valerie Hansen, Jenna Night, Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense February 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Wholesome Western Romance, Harlequin",
"text": "Abraham glanced out the window. “It is cloudy, but I do not think we will have rain. Are you made of sugar?” he teased.",
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