"aldermanical" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "more aldermanical",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most aldermanical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1845, George Hodder, Sketches of Life and Character, page 52:",
          "text": "The defendant in this case was a gentleman of aldermanical proportions, and a countenance à la mode de Bardolph; his “fair round belly” being embraced by an apron (whose peculiar appearance gave ample proof that, although grease and water may sometimes come together, the former is sure to swim on the top,) and his \"shining morning face\" being adorned by a profusion of rubies and other gems, by which the charms of nature are too often disguised.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1855, William W. Fosdick, Elmslie William Dallas, Ariel, and other poems, page 259:",
          "text": "The brothers of the boiled dew, Whose secret Hayden though he knew By false translation from the Latin, Who fancied man on air could fatten, That sunbeams had a hidden grease To make the lankest grow obese, Make cheeks of starvelings pale and hectic, Seem purple, bursting apoplectic, Turn spry, gaunt lawyers into slow men, With aldermanical abdomen, And feed on wind the Cassius shapen, Until they seemed pufi'ed out with capon",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Jay Kayellem, Grip:",
          "text": "I seized the oars and homeward rowed, Inwardly vowing I'd be blowed If municipal legislation, Or aldermanical oration Could help the Island—'twere a pity We could not save it to the city.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of aldermanic"
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          "aldermanic",
          "aldermanic#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Synonym of aldermanic"
      ],
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            "synonym",
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          "word": "aldermanic"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aldermanical"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more aldermanical",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most aldermanical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1845, George Hodder, Sketches of Life and Character, page 52:",
          "text": "The defendant in this case was a gentleman of aldermanical proportions, and a countenance à la mode de Bardolph; his “fair round belly” being embraced by an apron (whose peculiar appearance gave ample proof that, although grease and water may sometimes come together, the former is sure to swim on the top,) and his \"shining morning face\" being adorned by a profusion of rubies and other gems, by which the charms of nature are too often disguised.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1855, William W. Fosdick, Elmslie William Dallas, Ariel, and other poems, page 259:",
          "text": "The brothers of the boiled dew, Whose secret Hayden though he knew By false translation from the Latin, Who fancied man on air could fatten, That sunbeams had a hidden grease To make the lankest grow obese, Make cheeks of starvelings pale and hectic, Seem purple, bursting apoplectic, Turn spry, gaunt lawyers into slow men, With aldermanical abdomen, And feed on wind the Cassius shapen, Until they seemed pufi'ed out with capon",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Jay Kayellem, Grip:",
          "text": "I seized the oars and homeward rowed, Inwardly vowing I'd be blowed If municipal legislation, Or aldermanical oration Could help the Island—'twere a pity We could not save it to the city.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of aldermanic"
      ],
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          "aldermanic#English"
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        "(obsolete) Synonym of aldermanic"
      ],
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          "word": "aldermanic"
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    }
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  "word": "aldermanical"
}