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"ref": "2012, Sarah L. Holloway, Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine, Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness: (Dis)Orderly Spaces, page 55:",
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"ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107:",
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"word": "ուղղահայաց դարպասաձող"
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"masculine"
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"word": "pal de la porteria"
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "門柱"
},
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "门柱"
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"masculine"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "poteau de but"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṗorṭuli",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "სპორტული"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ḳarebis ʒeli",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "კარების ძელი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Torpfosten"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κάθετο δοκάρι"
},
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "is",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "tiang gawang"
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "rajapatsas"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ゴールポスト"
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "골포스트"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"lang": "Malayalam",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "ഗോൾ പോസ്റ്റ്"
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"word": "pou piro"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"ball-games",
"games",
"sports",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "trave"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ștachetă"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
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"code": "zu",
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