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"ref": "1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 61:",
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"ref": "1917, Jack London, chapter XV, in Michael, Brother of Jerry:",
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"ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:",
"text": "She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out...",
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"ref": "2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation, page 34:",
"text": "Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.",
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"ref": "2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "[Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.",
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"roman": "slab",
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"word": "слаб"
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"sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
"word": "gänglig"
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