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Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.

Kin Hubbard

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Kin Hubbard
Age: 62 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 1
Died: 1930
Died: December 26
Cartoonist
Humorist
Journalist
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Folks
Pay
Went
Like
Pocket
Flattery
Compliment
Pockets

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