See louis on Wiktionary
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}
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"form": "louis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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],
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Jersey Norman",
"Norman entries with incorrect language header",
"Norman lemmas",
"Norman masculine nouns",
"Norman nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"pound"
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"numismatics",
"numismatics"
],
[
"pound",
"pound"
]
],
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"(Jersey, numismatics) pound"
],
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"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"numismatics"
]
}
],
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],
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}
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