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"ref": "1953, Nationalmuseets skrifter: Etnografisk række - Issue 6, page 69",
"text": "The nosepin was worn by both sexes, the septum of the nose being pierced shortly after birth, at least as far as the girls were concerned; but probably the same applied to the boys.",
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"ref": "1992, Kalima Rose, Where Women Are Leaders: The SEWA Movement in India, page 58",
"text": "In all my life, I have never worn a gold earring or nosepin.",
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"ref": "1996, Ravi Shankar -, The Scream of the Dragonflies: And Other Stories, page 218",
"text": "And I can see you, my elfin beloved, the stars are like your nosepin.",
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"ref": "2013, Bengt Danielsson, From Raft to Raft: An Incredible Voyage from Tahiti to Chile and Back",
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"ref": "1959, Welding Journal - Volume 38, Part 2, page 1094",
"text": "The satellite, which is the payload, is fastened to the nosepin of the third-stage rocket motor.",
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"ref": "1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4",
"text": "Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.",
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"ref": "1981, Gayle Rivers, James Hudson, The Teheran contract, page 203",
"text": "We got a bearing indicated on the northern nosepin of the aircraft.",
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