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Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Husbands
Jealous
Husband
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