See bruh on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"belly"
],
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"belly",
"belly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional, Croatia) belly"
],
"tags": [
"Croatia",
"regional"
]
}
],
"word": "bruh"
}
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