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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

  • 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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