RETT Butler's classic Gone With The Wind line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn", has been named the best literary put-down.
Author Margaret Mitchell topped a poll of writers which included Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.
The poll surved 2000 adults.
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