unearths some literary gems.
From He'd Rather Be Dead, by George Bellairs:
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[The only notable feature of this book is that two of the characters have interesting verbal ticks. One habitually starts sentences with "it's all a case of," and the other with "f'rinstance." Here they are ordering in a restaurant!]
"It's all a case of this..." [Oxendale] told the waiter.
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"F'rinstance," Oliver was saying.