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JJ35b

If you have lost patience and want to tell someone off, you might say,”For (a) _________ , I’d tell him what I think of him.”

This question is one of two or more questions originally contained within the 1965–70 question JJ35b.

NICKEL 4
TWO CENTS 4
CRYING OUT LOUD 1
DOLLAR 1
PENNY 1
PETEY SAKES 1
SECOND 1
TWO BITS 1

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