See Lindley on Wiktionary
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"New York#English"
],
[
"United States",
"United States#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Old English"
],
"glosses": [
"A habitational surname from Old English."
],
"links": [
[
"habitational",
"habitational"
],
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "Lindley"
}
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