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“Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant quean, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.”
Provenance
- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ba893b5ea75d5237dec9a863a26a6de47be634e507e6d26831086aeb090c8a3b
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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