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"etymology_text": "From the practice of keeping track of the number of one's sexual liaisons by carving notches into the post of one's bed.",
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"ref": "2002, Anne McAllister, The Great Montana Cowboy Auction, Silhouette Books, published 2002, page 22",
"text": "He was a notch on her bedpost, a stepping stone on her quest for stardom.",
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"ref": "2007, Melinda Curtis, Count on Love, Harlequin, published 2007, page 167",
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"ref": "2010, Jenna Black, Glimmerglass, St. Martin's Press, published 2010, page 138",
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"ref": "2011, Peter Robinson, Before the Poison, McClelland & Stewart, published 2011",
"text": "[…] He wasn't a notch on her bedpost. They were in love, for crying out loud.",
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