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own up to flings like you
“H-y-l-a-n is what I said was his name and he don’t own up to flings like you mean any more than our chief executive.”
— from Lonesome Town by E. S. (Ethel Smith) Dorrance

or until the fish look yellow
The building is then filled with smoke for several days, or until the fish look yellow and smell good.
— from Our Little Roumanian Cousin by Clara Vostrovsky Winlow

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