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"text": "On the outside, stayin ' out On the inside, upside, downside roundside, lineside, squareside, noside She's gonna have it as many wayz as possible.",
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},
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"ref": "2012, S. D. Crockett, After the Snow",
"text": "I smelt about so I know their camp roundside about and can get about in the dark, quiet like a fox.",
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