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    Book of Word Histories. Vol. I. Merriam-Webster. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Hunt, Caroline Louisa (1910). Economical use of meat in the home. Department...
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    Histories. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster. 1991. p. 362. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. "Chirpy chickadees signal deadliness of predators". New Scientist....
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  • Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories. Merriam-Webster, Inc. p. 513. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Weeks, Mary Elvira (1932). "The discovery of the elements. XIII. Some...
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    Book of Word Histories. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. 1991. ISBN 0877796033. Retrieved August 27, 2022. Shoemaker, Mrs. Mabel (McGeorge) (1904). Astrology...
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    Histories. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster. 1991. p. 362. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Douglas Harper (© 2001-2015). "titmouse (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary...
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    Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories, Merriam-Webster, p. 208, ISBN 0-87779-603-3, entry "guy" Sharpe 2005, p. 6 Harrison Ainsworth, William (1841), Guy...
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    Merriam-Webster new book of word histories. Merriam Webster. 1991. p. 247. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn Green (1998). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland;...
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    "The Merriam-Webster new book of word histories". 1991. p. 300. ISBN 0877796033. Melville, Herman. "Chapter 36" . Moby-Dick  – via Wikisource. Liu, Cixin...
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    p. 149 The Merriam-Webster new book of word histories, 1991, ISBN 0-87779-603-3 p. 300 Tom Kopel Ebb and Flow: Tides and Life on Our Once and Future...
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    Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories (Merriam-Webster, 1991), ISBN 0-87779-603-3, p. 175. Stallings, L. H. Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black...
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    Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories. Merriam-Webster. 1991. p. 513. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Ramsay, William (1902). "An Attempt to Estimate the Relative Amounts...
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    Book of Word Histories. Vol. I. Merriam-Webster. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-87779-603-3. Talwar, Jennifer Parker (2009). Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants,...
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