See doormat on Wiktionary
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"sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
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"word": "אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "терпила"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dörrmatta"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"doormat"
],
"word": "doormat"
}
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