See dawk on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Maltese euphemisms"
],
"glosses": [
"money"
],
"links": [
[
"money",
"money"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) money"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "flus"
}
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dawk/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dawka"
}
],
"word": "dawk"
}
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