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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štánga",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шта́нга"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "post-bàire"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stolpe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "målstolpe"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "vertical side pole of a goal",
"word": "uthi class 11/10"
}
],
"word": "goalpost"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Zulu: 'uthi class 11/10', originally 'uthi class 11/10'",
"path": [
"goalpost"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "goalpost",
"trace": ""
}
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