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Suds or SUDS may refer to:
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- ↑ Sante, Lucy. Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. (pg. 205) ISBN 0-374-52899-3
- ↑ Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 76) ISBN 1-56025-275-8
- ↑ Kohn, George C. "Suds Merrick". Dictionary of Culprits and Criminals. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1986. (pg. 242) ISBN 0-8108-1877-9
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