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"text": "So do you tell her all a that I bid ee, and a mind your pees and cues.",
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"ref": "1973, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, page 7, column 1",
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"ref": "1992, David James Duncan, “The Shed”, in The Brothers K, Doubleday, page 116",
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"text": "Boorish guest doesn’t mind his pees & cues",
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"ref": "2017, Ian Wood, Baker Street Ace ’Tec’, MacRyan",
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