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{
"etymology_text": "Instantiation of Babylon, popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen in his satirical television show Da Ali G Show (2000–2004).",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"A female breast."
],
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],
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"(UK, slang, countable) A female breast."
],
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]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈbæ.bɪ.lɒn/",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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}
],
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}
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},
"expansion": "Guyanese Creole English babylon",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Guyanese Creole English babylon.",
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],
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]
]
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],
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}
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},
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}
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"etymology_text": "Compare Grenadian Creole English babylon.",
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},
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"orig": "gyn:Organizations",
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},
{
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30,
37
]
],
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40,
46
]
],
"english": "That fellow likes to complain about the police.",
"text": "Dah bannah like complain bout babylon.",
"translation": "That fellow likes to complain about the police.",
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}
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"police"
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]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈbɑ.bɪ.lən/"
}
],
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}
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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}
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"8": "",
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"alternative letter-case form of Babylon (“oppressive government”)"
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}
{
"etymology_text": "Instantiation of Babylon, popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen in his satirical television show Da Ali G Show (2000–2004).",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æbɪlɒn",
"Rhymes:English/æbɪlɒn/3 syllables"
],
"glosses": [
"A female breast."
],
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[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"breast",
"breast"
]
],
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"(UK, slang, countable) A female breast."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"countable",
"slang"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbæ.bɪ.lɒn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æbɪlɒn"
}
],
"word": "babylon"
}
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},
"expansion": "Guyanese Creole English babylon",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Guyanese Creole English babylon.",
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},
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"glosses": [
"policeman"
],
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"policeman"
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],
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}
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Grenadian Creole English babylon.",
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"2": "noun"
},
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"pos": "noun",
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30,
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46
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"english": "That fellow likes to complain about the police.",
"text": "Dah bannah like complain bout babylon.",
"translation": "That fellow likes to complain about the police.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"police"
],
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[
"police",
"police"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbɑ.bɪ.lən/"
}
],
"word": "babylon"
}
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "babylon",
"tags": [
"quantified"
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"Jamaican Creole lemmas",
"Jamaican Creole nouns",
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"Pages with entries"
],
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"alternative letter-case form of Babylon (“oppressive government”)"
],
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]
}
],
"word": "babylon"
}
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