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She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—"'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too! If I were to stay in England, you would be running off to meet me somewhere or other every ten days or so, and the cat would very likely be let out of the bag."
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May we be among those future “guets” whom this hotel is to “a commodate.” To culinary connoisseurs there are just two places on the Continong that may rival each other in a reputation for cuisine, […]
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Our fine gentleman was off to catch the boat train to the Continong. Well, gentlemen, that’s about all we can do here. It’s a bad business, but straightforward enough. One of these Italian vendetta things, as likely as not.
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Likewise, in "The Continong" ("the Continent" as they imagine it to be pronounced by a Frenchman) Wigan is contrasted, this time more defensively, with the delights, foods, and smells of abroad.
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