See suss on Wiktionary
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58,
62
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"english": "Surely you have not grown too old to give your old aunt a kiss, my Jørgen.",
"ref": "1938, Gunnar Larsen, Bull, page 260:",
"text": "du er vel ikke blitt for stor til å gi din gamle tante en suss, Jørgen min",
"translation": "Surely you have not grown too old to give your old aunt a kiss, my Jørgen.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A light, quick kiss; a peck."
],
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"childish",
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],
[
"kiss",
"kiss"
],
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"peck",
"peck"
]
],
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"(childish, colloquial) A light, quick kiss; a peck."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nuss"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/sʉsː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉsː"
}
],
"word": "suss"
}
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}
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"parts": [
"suss"
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}
],
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"Norwegian Bokmål dialectal terms",
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"A traditional jellied veal dish made from boiled and minced meat from a young calf; kalvesuss."
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"word": "kalvesuss"
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"word": "kalvedans"
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"extra": "to kiss lightly",
"word": "susse"
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