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  • I actually love Ginger Snaps - a guilty pleasure if you will, but then I've never presumed to be a film conoisseur.

    "As if I had a choice...oh well." greygirlbeast 2010

  • I actually love Ginger Snaps - a guilty pleasure if you will, but then I've never presumed to be a film conoisseur.

    "As if I had a choice...oh well." greygirlbeast 2010

  • Left at liberty to wander the carnival midway, an impressionable young mind with an ear for a well-turned phrase becomes a conoisseur of carnival barkers.

    The Carnival Barker: Recalling a Dying Art 2010

  • As a conoisseur (but not a good speller) of french fries and potato chips, the waffle fries are nothing special.

    caution ��� stop ��� filling is hot ��� stop 2009

  • As a conoisseur of three-Michelin-stars-grade rant, I found it . . . delectable.

    A Gut Check Moment for SFWA « Whatever 2008

  • As a style conoisseur, drawn from years serving as Her Highness's handmaiden and occasional decoy, I have some style tips for you:

    I Don't Know If It's Art, But I Know What I Like 2005

  • Compare him to the Gramophone's John Steane, perhaps the most prominent conoisseur of opera voices writing in English now, and you see the difference right away.

    Conrad L. Osborne: Best Opera Critic Ever Jaime J. Weinman 2004

  • Brooklyn wine conoisseur stole $170K of expensive alcohols, scammed 23 people on WineCommune.com Federal judge sentenced the limo driver to two years in jail for booze-fueled behavior John Marzulli

    NY Daily News JOHN MARZULLI 2011

  • Brooklyn wine conoisseur stole $170K of expensive alcohols, scammed 23 people on WineCommune.com Federal judge sentenced the limo driver to two years in jail for booze-fueled behavior John Marzulli

    NY Daily News JOHN MARZULLI 2011

  • Brooklyn wine conoisseur stole $170K of expensive alcohols, scammed 23 people on WineCommune.com Federal judge sentenced the limo driver to two years in jail for booze-fueled behavior John Marzulli

    NY Daily News JOHN MARZULLI 2011

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