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Examples
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The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The left side of my face looked exactly as if I was holding a large dumpling in my mouth, or a gigantic ribston-pippin which I couldn't swallow.
Happy-Thought Hall 1876
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