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"text": "The first goal was just a fluke.",
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"ref": "1920, Zane Grey, “The Rube”, in The Redheaded Outfield",
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"ref": "1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison",
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"ref": "1986, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!",
"text": "It's Christmas at ground zero / Now the missiles are on their way / What a crazy fluke / We're gonna get nuked / On this jolly holiday",
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"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Garden",
"text": "And before I forget... that was one amazing kiss, mister. Could have been a fluke, though. Guess we have to keep trying.",
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"ref": "2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 69",
"text": "That this was not just a fluke was proved by a further profit the following year, albeit cut due to industrial action - jam at last!",
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"roman": "štastliva slučajnost",
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"ref": "1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison",
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"ref": "1986, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!",
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"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Garden",
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"ref": "2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 69",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"word": "peke"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lobo da cauda de baleia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvostovój plavník",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хвостово́й плавни́к"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lóbulo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"tags": [
"class-3"
],
"word": "mkia wa nyangumi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lobe of whale's tail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fluke"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lapa",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лапа"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"word": "kotevní list"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ankerblad"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ankerhand"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"word": "ankkurinkoura"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flunke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gancio"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "patte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łapa (kotwicy)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pata de âncora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lápa jákorja",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ла́па я́коря"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uña"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anchor blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pico de loro"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "metíl",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мети́л"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "motolice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zuigworm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"word": "maksamato"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"word": "lampaan maksamato"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "douve"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Saugwurm"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"word": "métely"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puchán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "treimeatóid"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przywra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvuústka",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двуу́стка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sosálʹščik",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "соса́льщик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trematóda",
"sense": "parasitic flatworm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тремато́да"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kontra",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "контра"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "weerhaak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"word": "väkä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"word": "metallinen koukku keihään päässä"
},
{
"alt": "гарпуна́",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zazúbrina",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зазу́брина"
},
{
"alt": "гарпуна́",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krjuk",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крюк"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muerte"
}
],
"word": "fluke"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
"fluke"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "fluke",
"trace": ""
}
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