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Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola
™ a carbonated soft drink flavoured with coca leaves, cola nuts, caramel, etc.
Coca-Cola
soft drink found throughout the world. [Trademarks:Crowley Trade, 115]
See : Ubiquity
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