See gook on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Czech",
"note": "usually Vietnamese",
"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"word": "rákosník"
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"word": "spleetoog"
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"word": "azianaĉo"
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"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"word": "pilusilm"
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"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"word": "plöga"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"word": "vinosilmä"
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"english": "man",
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"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
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"neuter"
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"roman": "schistomátis",
"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σχιστομάτης"
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"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
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"masculine"
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"word": "muso giallo"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "occhi a mandorla"
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"word": "ゴキブリ"
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"word": "チョン"
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"word": "узкогла́зый"
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"sense": "derogatory: East Asian person",
"word": "guling"
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"word": "çekik gözlü"
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"ref": "1983, Len O'Connor, A Reporter in Sweet Chicago, →ISBN, page 351:",
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"(Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear)."
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