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"ref": "1980 February 25, Edwin Pope, “Yanks Pull It Off”, in St. Petersburg Independent, US, retrieved 2010-10-22, page C1",
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"ref": "2001 November 25, “This Team Continues its March toward Being Best in Canes History”, in Miami Herald, page 1C",
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"(idiomatic) A smart aleck."
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"ref": "1966 July 13, “Ann Landers Answers Your Problems”, in Times-News, US, retrieved 2010-10-22, page 6",
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