See placket in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:",
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"ref": "2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil:",
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"ref": "c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 2, scene 2:",
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