See yay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2006 December, “They Shootin'”, in Vibe:",
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"ref": "2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse, published 2009, →ISBN, page 339:",
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