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This is to take place months or even years before you ever encounter a label person.
MetalSucks 2009
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I actually prefer Here Come The 123s, being more of a numbers junkie than a word person.
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FITCH: You know, I'm glad you're asking that question because, you know, when you see stocks going up for a long time and now, geez, you know, you start to see those vacancies and interest rates rising -- it's not going to be as easy these next couple of years, but I'm a long-term person.
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Gripping the head of your calling-cord, you slip the tip of it deftly into the sleeve of the jack for the called person.
The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992
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A new feature ( "Ne temere", can. ix, § 2) in baptismal records is a marginal note of the subsequent marriage of the baptized person.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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From this it would appear that the street at that date was full of small shops, grocers, chandlers, etc., with here and there a big house occupied by some titled person.
The Strand District The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868
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On Monday, December 10, 1866, Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, moved to amend the amendment by striking out the word "male" before the word person.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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But I guess at the end of the day I'm a word person.
Attempts 2009
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PS: Kudos to their hilariously honest subtitle person.
BoRev.Net 2009
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So it began to be used to refer to something like the English word person.
Desiring God Blog 2009
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