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"word": "kurvenreich"
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"text": "Finally for November, on the 26th double-deckers were restored to the 29, which under bendies had gained an unsavoury reputation that it simply hadn't merited before this form of transport was imposed upon it; […]",
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"word": "pliable"
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"sense": "having the ability to be bent easily",
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{
"sense": "of a person",
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},
{
"sense": "of a person",
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},
{
"sense": "of a person",
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{
"sense": "of a person",
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{
"sense": "of a person",
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"sense": "of a person",
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"sense": "having many bends and twists",
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{
"sense": "having many bends and twists",
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},
{
"sense": "having many bends and twists",
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{
"sense": "having many bends and twists",
"word": "twisty"
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{
"sense": "having many bends and twists",
"word": "winding"
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{
"sense": "having many bends and twists",
"word": "windy"
},
{
"sense": "articulated",
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"sense": "articulated",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"word": "ohebný"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"word": "taipuisa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"word": "biegsam"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"word": "pīngore"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "flexível"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Having the ability to be bent easily",
"word": "lùbach"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily",
"word": "ohebný"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily",
"word": "notkea"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily",
"word": "gelenkig"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a body",
"sense": "Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily",
"word": "moruki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Containing many bends and twists",
"word": "mutkikas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Containing many bends and twists",
"word": "mutkitteleva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Containing many bends and twists",
"word": "kurvenreich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Containing many bends and twists",
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},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"word": "lùbach"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Of a vehicle, articulated",
"word": "kloubový"
}
],
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}
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"text": "Finally for November, on the 26th double-deckers were restored to the 29, which under bendies had gained an unsavoury reputation that it simply hadn't merited before this form of transport was imposed upon it; […]",
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"ref": "1927, Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott of Poplar Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, page 436",
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