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  • June 24th, 2009 11: 18 am ET he's a liar and a thief and i wont be buying anything he says. its all a scam to try and re-write what actually happened. go away you disgusting dispicable creton

    Cheney inks book deal reportedly worth millions 2009

  • Sinking swamp creton reaching for... a web of Cool Whip rope?

    Mum's the Word Jen 2008

  • No one is off-limits to this creton, not servicemen and women, minorities or the handicapped.

    Limbaugh Says "Liberals Hate this Country." Time to get him off the air 2007

  • No one is off-limits to this creton, not servicemen and women, minorities or the handicapped.

    Limbaugh Says "Liberals Hate this Country." Time to get him off the air 2007

  • Once he was let to lift a frame out -- only once, for he dropped some water on a creton.

    The Longest Journey 1924

  • I could cut some figgers out of creton -- it wouldn't be much work.

    Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881

  • "Not so much, mother -- some paint and paper and yards of creton."

    The Measure of a Man Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • Even French Canada gets a nod, with rillette-like pork creton and the latest entry in the unfortunate high-end poutine trend, this one with a chicken gravy to ruin the perfectly good fries.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The aforementioned creton is one of a number of spreadable "crocks" served with crostini and priced at $5; another contains chicken liver paté with a thick cap of butter.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Even French Canada gets a nod, with rillette-like pork creton and the latest entry in the unfortunate high-end poutine trend, this one with a chicken gravy to ruin the perfectly good fries.

    Chicago Reader Kate Schmidt 2010

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