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"ref": "1831 April 27, “Court of Aldermen”, in The Times, page 4",
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"ref": "1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in The Virginians",
"text": "Mr. Washington had seen the gentlemen of honour and fashion over their cups, and perhaps thought that all their sayings and doings were not precisely such as would tend to instruct or edify a young man on his entrance into life; but he wisely chose to tell no tales out of school.",
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"ref": "1871, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 11, in Little Men",
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"ref": "1884, Martha Finley, chapter 9, in Elsie at Nantucket",
"text": "\"But now maybe I'm telling tales out of school,\" he added, with a laugh. \"I shouldn't like to get the little girl into trouble.\"",
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"ref": "1907, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shorty Stories: 1907 to 1908, published 2008, A Millionaire's Proposal",
"text": "\"Don't blush, Katherine, I am sure Mr. Willoughby won't tell any tales out of school to your old Valleyfield friends.\"",
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"ref": "1997, Stephen King, Desperation, page 94",
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"ref": "2004 April 5, Peter Bailey, TIME, archived from the original on 2012-08-19",
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