See dog's breakfast on Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/EN-AU_ck1_dog%27s_breakfast.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_dog%27s_breakfast.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/EN-AU_ck1_dog%27s_breakfast.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-dog's breakfast.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/En-au-dog%27s_breakfast.ogg/En-au-dog%27s_breakfast.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/En-au-dog%27s_breakfast.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
}
],
"word": "dog's breakfast"
}
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