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I marched the lobby, twirled my stick,
* * * * *
The girls all cried, "He's quite the kick."

— George Colman the Younger

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Source: (1762–1836), Broad Grins, Song, Stanza 1. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 286-87.
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