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...Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Hardly
Doe
Make
Apron
Aprons
Ragged
Waiter

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