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"text": "\"We will, we will,\" shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: \"This is all very well, all this high falutin'.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pompous speech or writing."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) Pompous speech or writing."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-highfalutin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-us-highfalutin.ogg/En-us-highfalutin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-us-highfalutin.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-highfalutin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/En-au-highfalutin.ogg/En-au-highfalutin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-au-highfalutin.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hifalutin"
},
{
"word": "hifalutin'"
},
{
"word": "hifaluting"
},
{
"word": "highfalutin'"
},
{
"word": "highfaluting"
},
{
"word": "high-falutin"
},
{
"word": "high-falutin'"
},
{
"word": "high-faluting"
},
{
"word": "high falutin"
},
{
"word": "high falutin'"
},
{
"word": "high faluting"
}
],
"word": "highfalutin"
}
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