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"text": "every Tom, Dick and Harry (everybody)",
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"ref": "1661, John Payne Collier, N D, editors, An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills., published reprint, page 90:",
"text": "Here is Tom, Jack, and Harry:\nSing away, and doe not tarry.\nMerrily now let's sing, carouse, and tiple.",
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"ref": "1723, Charles Leslie, A short and easie method with the deists: Wherein, the certainty of the […] , page 12:",
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"ref": "1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “First Steps in Education”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, pages 111–112:",
"text": "Those whose nature it is to be rational will instinctively ask why and wherefore, and wrestle with themselves for an answer. But why every Tom, Dick and Harry should have the why and wherefore of the universe rammed into him, and should be allowed to draw the conclusion hence that he is the ideal person and responsible for the universe, I don't know.",
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"word": "Jan Rap en sy maat"
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"word": "Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström"
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Jan Rap en sy maat"
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"roman": "kull man habba wa-dabba",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "كُلّ مَن هَبَّ وَدَبَّ"
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Urlia, Sandia eta Berendia"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "Súljo i Púljo",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Су́льо и Пу́льо"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "kúco i sakáto",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "ку́цо и сака́то"
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"roman": "filánkišijata",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "фила́нкишията"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "en Pau, en Pere i en Berenguera"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhāng sān Lǐ sì",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "張三李四 /张三李四"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "āmāo'āgǒu",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "fulano e citrano"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"tags": [
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"word": "Hinz und Kunz"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Krethi und Plethi"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"tags": [
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"code": "el",
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"note": "negative connotation",
"roman": "káthe karydiás karýdi",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"code": "he",
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"note": "כָּל דִּכְפִין (kol dichfín, literally “all the hungry”)",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people"
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"roman": "airā-ġairā natthū xairā",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "ऐरा-ग़ैरा नत्थू ख़ैरा"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "falānā-ḍhimākā",
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"roman": "ramdū phaṭṭū",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "boldog-boldogtalan"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "mindenki"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "bárki"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "akárki"
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "Tizio, Caio e Sempronio"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "猫も杓子も (ねこもしゃくしも, neko mo shakushi mo, literally “cats and ladles”)",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "개나 소나 (gae-na so-na, literally “dogs or cows”)",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "Petko, Trajko, Stanko",
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Cikku l-Poplu"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Gud og hvermann"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Per, Pål og Askeladden"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âre o ure o šamsi kure",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "اره و اوره و شمسی کوره"
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "Fulano, Beltrano e Cicrano"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "Fulano, Sicrano e Beltrano"
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"roman": "káždyj vstréčnyj i poperéčnyj",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "ка́ждый встре́чный и попере́чный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Ivanóv, Petróv, Sídorov",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Ивано́в, Петро́в, Си́доров"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "Пера, Мика, Лаза"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "И Кунто и Панто"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "I Kunto i Panto"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Joži or Džony"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
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"word": "Fulano, Mengano y Sotano"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "cualquiera"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "usually the first three only",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Fulano, Zutano, Mengano y Perengano/Perensejo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "cada hijo de vecino"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "kreti och pleti"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kuppaṉō cuppaṉō",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "குப்பனோ சுப்பனோ"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "appārāvu, subbārāvu",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "అప్పారావు, సుబ్బారావు"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Ali Veli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "Ahmet, Mehmet"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "era ġera, nathu, khera",
"sense": "anybody or everybody; random or unknown people",
"word": "ایراغیرہ نتھو خیرا"
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"word": "lusogem"
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