See workname on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "work", "3": "name" }, "expansion": "work + name", "name": "compound" } ], "etymology_text": "From work + name.", "forms": [ { "form": "worknames", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "workname (plural worknames)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English 2-syllable words", "English compound terms", "English countable nouns", "English endocentric compounds", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 256:", "text": "‘I made the acquaintance of the head of the independent Thirteenth Intelligence Directorate, subordinated to the Party's Central Committee, who is known throughout Centre only by his workname Karla.’", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "The alias used by someone involved in secret espionage or intelligence work." ], "links": [ [ "alias", "alias" ], [ "secret", "secret" ], [ "espionage", "espionage" ], [ "intelligence", "intelligence" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈwəːkneɪm/", "tags": [ "UK" ] } ], "word": "workname" }
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