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"ref": "1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 19, in Tarzan the Untamed",
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"ref": "1906, Andy Adams, “Rangering”, in Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories",
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"ref": "1994 August 14, Michael Janofsky, “Simpson Trial's Allure Puts State Politicians on the Spot”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-30",
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"To convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law."
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"ref": "1912, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 3, in Peter Ruff and the Double Four",
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"ref": "2012 April 18, Anthony Bourdain, “José Andrés: Activist”, in Time",
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"ref": "2013 April 1, Douglas Martin, “Ralph Klein, 70, Politician in Alberta Oil Boom, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-30",
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"text": "Bean held court in an outhouse, the prisoner seated on a bale of flint hides. Bean was not only judge but prosecutor, as well as counsel for the defense.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1994 August 14, Michael Janofsky, “Simpson Trial's Allure Puts State Politicians on the Spot”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-30",
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"text": "She was the centre of a very brilliant group, a most beautiful woman holding court, as was only right and proper, among her admirers.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012 April 18, Anthony Bourdain, “José Andrés: Activist”, in Time",
"text": "Suddenly I heard a familiar laugh, headed down to the bar and found José Andrés holding court with journalists on behalf of a solar-powered cookstove that cheaply boils water for people with little or no access to fuel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 April 1, Douglas Martin, “Ralph Klein, 70, Politician in Alberta Oil Boom, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-30",
"text": "With a rumpled, folksy manner, he held court for years in the smoke-filled beer hall of the King Louis Hotel in Calgary.",
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}
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To preside in a formal manner over an official assembly of courtiers",
"word": "pitää hovia"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To preside in a formal manner over an official assembly of courtiers",
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"word": "królować"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law",
"word": "johtaa oikeudenkäyntiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.",
"word": "pitää hovia"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.",
"word": "tenir salon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.",
"word": "tenere banco"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "brylować"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To serve as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.",
"word": "hålla hov"
}
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"word": "hold court"
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