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money_n example_n penny_n pound_n 2,118 5 10.4954 5 true
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A60752 Solon secundus: or, Some defects in the English laws with their proper remedies. By a hearty lover of his country. Hearty lover of his country. 1695 (1695) Wing S4463; ESTC R221573 20,620 36

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