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We have f-ing ‘prawns’, probably best rendered ‘prones’ for Americans who want to f-ing approximate the pronunciation.
Australian Senate’s Gordon Ramsay Inquiry - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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So ... prevent the useless ones from having children -- the liabilities, such as paranoia prones, mental deficients, criminals, uglies, and Beowulf Shaeffer.
Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994
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So ... prevent the useless ones from having children -- the liabilities, such as paranoia prones, mental deficients, criminals, uglies, and Beowulf Shaeffer.
Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969
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So ... prevent the useless ones from having children -- the liabilities, such as paranoia prones, mental deficients, criminals, uglies, and Beowulf Shaeffer.
Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968
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As they did so he went on, 'What brings you two carrot-topped accident-prones to this far reach of culture?'
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Maybe; but ask the insurance companies about accident prones.
Accidental Death Peter Baily
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The Major said effortfully: "There are people called accident prones.
Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935
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