See kasper on Wiktionary
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],
"tags": [
"animal-not-person",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkas.pɛr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aspɛr"
}
],
"word": "kasper"
}
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