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"Not usable as legal tender."
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"sense": "incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated",
"word": "keçilməz"
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"sense": "incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated",
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"sense": "incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated",
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