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Cash or check?” he said cheekily. Even the dullest Ohio girls knew that bit of lingo: Kiss now or kiss later? “Bank’s closed, pal.

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Girl
Closed
Even
Checks
Lingo
Kiss
Dullest
Kissing
Pals
Girls
Ohio
Later
Bank
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Knew
Cash

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