See buffel on Wiktionary
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"links": [
[
"clumsy",
"clumsy"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "buffel"
}
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