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  • Iwould likea mediumVodka dry Martiniwith a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please. I would prefer Russian or Polish vodka.

    - Ian Lancaster Fleming
      Dr No, ch.14.

  • The Germans, if this Government is returned, are going to pay every penny. Theyare going to be squeezed as a lemon is squeezeduntil the pips squeak. My only doubt is not whether we can squeeze hard enough, but whether there is enough juice.

    - Sir Eric Campbell Geddes
      Speech at Cambridge Guildhall,10 Dec.

  • I'll be with you in a squeezing of a lemon.

    - Oliver Goldsmith
      She Stoops to Conquer, act1, sc.2.

  • I hate to join the chortling ranks of [Millennium] Dome rubbishers in the right-wing press†but, alas, I have to admit the Dome is a lemon.

    - Polly Toynbee
      In The Guardian, 5 Jan.

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