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"A Piker always has his entire Stock of Goods in the Show Window."
George AdeWhom are you?" he asked, for he had attended business college. — George Ade
"Whom are you?" he asked, for he had attended business college."
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George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal
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