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Both sobriquets stem from Ludwig’s penchant for building gargantuan displays of excess at a clip that placed him in massive debt.

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An email address associated with him includes the 007 sobriquet of the world's most famous secret agent.

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The bird, in an inevitable shorthand created by the press, was given the sobriquet "Goldie", as he became headline news.

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However it's defined, though, the idea of distinct sleeping arrangements, also known by the doom-laden sobriquet "sleep divorce," sounds like a marital death knell.

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The up-and-coming caterer earned the sobriquet "Putin's chef".

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