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"ref": "1988, Hanoch Teller, Above the B ottom Line: Stories and Advice on Integrity, page 53",
"text": "Between you, me and de Commish, I never t'ought you'd make it, ya ole sonova gun.",
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"text": "You sonova. You dirty sonova.",
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"ref": "2010, Michael J. Scott, Jefferson's Road: The Spirit of Resistance",
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