See brimstone on Wiktionary
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"text": "Weel I wot I wad be broken if I were to gie sic weight to the folk that come to buy our pepper and brimstone, and suchlike sweetmeats.",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "limonít",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לִימוֹנִית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"word": "citromlepke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cedronella"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "mennorangnabi",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"word": "멧노랑나비"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "citrontauriņš"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krūkļu baltenis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "citrinukas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "limónnica",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лимо́нница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "krušínnica",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "круши́нница"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"word": "citronfjäril"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"word": "orakkanat"
},
{
"code": "udm",
"lang": "Udmurt",
"lang_code": "udm",
"roman": "čužbubyľi",
"sense": "butterfly species",
"word": "ӵужбубыли"
}
],
"word": "brimstone"
}
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