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"ref": "1916 July, Rose O'Neill, “The Kewpies and their Fairy Cousin”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 63, number 1, page 88",
"text": "Their doings now were jubilational—\nWhat quiet folks would call sensational.\nTheir goodies they unpack excitedly,\nTheir Common Grandsire greet delightedly,\nWith gentle, sympathetic tiddering.\nWhen from his tree-top he called diddering,\nAll \"gramps,\" Wag said, are worth considering.",
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"(dialectal) To treat with tenderness; fondle"
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