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"word": "poor man's cocaine"
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"word": "poor man's racehorse"
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"word": "poor man's Tiffany"
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"word": "poor man's umbrella"
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"ref": "2013, Jude Morgan, National Past Time: Kingpin Alley, iUniverse, page 6",
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