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unearths some literary gems.
***“Madame,” said Citrolo in tones of a refrigerator salesman referring to a rival make...[I like the implication that a salesperson whose product is frigid is especially icy when disparaging something.]***Prince Alexis Artishok’s monocle was clearly disclaiming all responsibility for the table’s flower scheme.***"Without me Vladimir is an empty 'O.'"[Google Books, at a glance, didn't give me any evidence that the "empty 'O'" has any currency beyond this book. (N.B. The O in that sentence appears typographically identical to other capital O's in the book, so I'm assuming it is indeed an O and not a zero.) Does One-Letter Words: A Dictionary have anything to say about the "empty 'O'"?]***“Schwolotz [“swine”],” screamed Dyrakova....“Schwolotz yourself,” retorted Buttonhooke. He did not know what it meant but it sounded good.***
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