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"text": "Jack and Jill went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water; / Jack fell down and broke his crown / and Jill came tumbling after. / Up Jack got and home did trot, / as fast as he could caper, / to old Dame Dob / to mend his nob / with vinegar and brown paper.",
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"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Philip Mumby, Halfway House, page 85:",
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"ref": "2012, Laura J. Harris, Splintered, page 40:",
"text": "Christine would help Kelly with her submission so she didn’t look like a complete nob! And in exchange Kelly would introduce and talk Christine through some of her artistic works: giving her a personal guided tour from her earliest through to her latest pieces.",
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"ref": "2019 July 30, Elisa Braden, A Kiss from a Rogue:",
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"ref": "1989, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth:",
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"sense": "slang: head",
"word": "kobak"
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"note": "[script needed] (kalle kiri)",
"sense": "slang: glans penis"
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"sense": "slang: glans penis",
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"roman": "golóvka polovóvo čléna",
"sense": "slang: glans penis",
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"sense": "a wealthy or influential person; a toff",
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"sense": "a wealthy or influential person; a toff",
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"sense": "a wealthy or influential person; a toff",
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"word": "előkelőség"
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"sense": "a wealthy or influential person; a toff",
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