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The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Supermarkets
Woman
Groceries
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Culinary
Even
Shopping
Carried
Checkout
Ahead
Checkouts
Delectable
Cooking
Supermarket
Food

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