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"ref": "1992, Vincent Courtney, Wake Up Screaming, Pinnacle Books, page 38",
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"ref": "1993, Roseanne Williams, Hot Date, Harlequin Books, page 118",
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"ref": "1994 March 18, Rob Polinsky, “Stop The Roger Maynard Shit!”, in rec.sport.hockey (Usenet)",
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"ref": "1994 September 17, Castellan, “Are you happy with your Jag?”, in rec.sport.hockey (Usenet)",
"text": "Well, I found Stunt Race FX and KG Baseball to be utter sh*t, pardon my francais.",
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"ref": "1997, Israel Horovitz, The Primary English Class and Six New Plays, Smith and Kraus, page 99",
"text": "Quite a giggle! More humourous than your Bob Hope, I can tell ya’ fuckin’ that, mate! / (BEVERLEY stops playing. There is an astonished pause. ARCHIE smiles, awkwardly.) / ARCHIE: I hope you can pardon my Français, Bev.",
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"ref": "1997 December 29, Steve Sidwell, “Leaving tomorrow for Asia”, in bit.listserv.travel-l (Usenet)",
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"ref": "1998 July 5, Beanie, “Good-Bye My Friends”, in soc.support.depression.manic (Usenet)",
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"ref": "2001, Cheryl A. Pientka, Laura M. Reckford, France For Dummies, Hungry Minds, page 485",
"text": "Chapter 22 / Pardon My Français: Ten (Or So) Expressions You Need to Know",
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"ref": "2007, Barry Lyga, Boy Toy, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 129",
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"ref": "2008, Nisi Shawl, “Good Boy”, in Filter House, Aqueduct Press",
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"ref": "2011, Chris Buch, “Some European Titbits”, in Hello Sunshine: A Blitz Kid’s Journey to the Sunshine State, Xlibris, page 219",
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"ref": "2015, Stephen King, “Drunken Fireworks”, in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner, page 453",
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"ref": "2016, Adam Gittlin, chapter 3, in Deal Master: A Novel, Greenview Publishing, page 28",
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"ref": "2017, T. Greenwood, “Haven”, in The Golden Hour: A Novel, Kensington Books",
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"ref": "2020, Tracy Clark, chapter 1, in What You Don’t See: A Gripping Private Investigator Series, Canelo",
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"text": "Quite a giggle! More humourous than your Bob Hope, I can tell ya’ fuckin’ that, mate! / (BEVERLEY stops playing. There is an astonished pause. ARCHIE smiles, awkwardly.) / ARCHIE: I hope you can pardon my Français, Bev.",
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},
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},
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},
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"text": "And that fuckin trumpet, pardon my francais.",
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},
{
"ref": "2016, Adam Gittlin, chapter 3, in Deal Master: A Novel, Greenview Publishing, page 28",
"text": "Because I do not think Tiffany wants a size seven high-heeled Christian Louboutin up her ass—if you’ll pardon my Français.[…]",
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"ref": "2017, T. Greenwood, “Haven”, in The Golden Hour: A Novel, Kensington Books",
"text": "“Who fucking cares about money?” my mother hissed. When Avery looked up at her from her tea, my mother said sweetly, “Pardon my français.”",
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},
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"ref": "2020, Tracy Clark, chapter 1, in What You Don’t See: A Gripping Private Investigator Series, Canelo",
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