See placer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2004, page 46:",
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"ref": "2008, Tanyo Ravicz, Of Knives and Men: Alaskans, page 77:",
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