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},
{
"ipa": "[a.boˈriː.d͡ʒi.nes]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "aborigines"
}
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"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "aborigines",
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