"lair" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|leir}} Middle English leir, {{inh|en|ang|leġer|t=couch, bed}} Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*legrą}} Proto-Germanic *legrą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Head templates: {{en-noun}} lair (plural lairs)
  1. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Synonyms (of an animal): burrow (english: of some smaller mammals), den (english: of a lion or tiger), holt (english: of an otter) Translations (of an animal): φωλεός (phōleós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), որջ (orǰ) (Armenian), оя (oya) (Bashkir), бърлога (bǎrloga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), леговище (legovište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cau [masculine] (Catalan), 巢穴 (cháoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 獸穴 (Chinese Mandarin), 兽穴 (shòuxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 獸窟 (Chinese Mandarin), 兽窟 (shòukū) (Chinese Mandarin), 獸窩 (Chinese Mandarin), 兽窝 (shòuwō) (Chinese Mandarin), doupě [neuter] (Czech), hol (Dutch), leger [neuter] (Dutch), pesä (Finnish), antre [masculine] (French), tanière [feminine] (French), repaire [masculine] (French), ბუნაგი (bunagi) (Georgian), სორო (soro) (Georgian), Bau [masculine] (German), Höhle [feminine] (German), מְאוּרָה (meurá) [feminine] (Hebrew), odú (Hungarian), vacok (Hungarian), brocais [feminine] (Irish), leaba dhearg [feminine] (Irish), tana [feminine] (Italian), 巣窟 (sōkutsu) (alt: そうくつ) (Japanese), lustrum [neuter] (Latin), miga [feminine] (Latvian), hi [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hi [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), waazh (Ojibwe), waanzh (Ojibwe), toca [feminine] (Portuguese), vizuină [feminine] (Romanian), ло́гово (lógovo) [neuter] (Russian), берло́га (berlóga) [feminine] (Russian), нора́ (norá) [feminine] (Russian), ја̏збина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jȁzbina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brloh [masculine] (Slovak), brlog [masculine] (Slovene), guarida [feminine] (Spanish), madriguera [feminine] (Spanish), bohåla [common-gender] (Swedish), håla [common-gender] (Swedish), gryt [neuter] (Swedish), kula [common-gender] (Swedish), lya [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
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  3. (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway. Tags: figuratively Synonyms (of a criminal): den, hide-out Translations (of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.): скривалище (skrivalište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cau [masculine] (Catalan), schuilplaats (Dutch), piilo (Finnish), piilopaikka (Finnish), antre [masculine] (French), κρησφύγετο (krisfýgeto) [neuter] (Greek), λημέρι (liméri) [neuter] (Greek), búvóhely (Hungarian), rejtekhely (Hungarian), cró folaigh [masculine] (Irish), covo [masculine] (Italian), lustrum [neuter] (Latin), kuhunga (Maori), esconderijo [masculine] (Portuguese), covil [masculine] (Portuguese), ло́гово (lógovo) [neuter] (Russian), прито́н (pritón) [masculine] (Russian), ја̏збина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), бр́лог [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ја̏ма [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jȁzbina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bŕlog [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jȁma [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brlog [masculine] (Slovene), guarida [feminine] (Spanish), escondite [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lair-en-noun-w3uwiF0Q Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 9 12 10 9 16 6 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 22 8 10 5 14 21 5 6 8 Disambiguation of 'of a criminal': 0 0 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.': 7 5 69 11 2 7
  4. (British dialectal) A bed or resting place. Tags: British, dialectal
    Sense id: en-lair-en-noun-yC0wvXfS Categories (other): British English, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 5 7 15 8 10 12 19 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 9 12 10 9 16 6 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 5 6 15 7 10 12 19 16
  5. (Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot. Tags: Scotland Derived forms (grave): lair-stone (english: tombstone)
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  6. (seduction community) A group where pickup artists meet to discuss and practise seduction techniques. Categories (topical): Seduction community
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”). Compare Icelandic leir (“clay”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|leir||clay, mud}} Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), {{cog|is|leir||clay}} Icelandic leir (“clay”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lair (plural lairs)
  1. (Scotland) A bog; a mire. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-lair-en-noun-TFW3tXYL Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: Backformation from lairy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lair (plural lairs)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial
    Sense id: en-lair-en-noun-dmTnjMSg Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 6 6 3 7 14 7 12 1 4 4 6 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 5 6 2 7 12 8 16 1 2 5 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 6 7 2 8 14 8 15 1 1 3 2 10 9
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Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lair (plural lairs)
  1. Obsolete form of layer. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: layer Related terms: lair it up, lair up
    Sense id: en-lair-en-noun-3Mw08LYA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [present, singular, third-person], lairing [participle, present], laired [participle, past], laired [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|leir}} Middle English leir, {{inh|en|ang|leġer|t=couch, bed}} Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*legrą}} Proto-Germanic *legrą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Head templates: {{en-verb}} lair (third-person singular simple present lairs, present participle lairing, simple past and past participle laired)
  1. (British) To rest; to dwell. Tags: British
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  2. (British) To lay down. Tags: British
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  3. (British) To bury. Tags: British
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /lɛə/ [UK], /lɛɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lair.wav Forms: lairs [present, singular, third-person], lairing [participle, present], laired [participle, past], laired [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”). Compare Icelandic leir (“clay”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|leir||clay, mud}} Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), {{cog|is|leir||clay}} Icelandic leir (“clay”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lair (third-person singular simple present lairs, present participle lairing, simple past and past participle laired)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To mire. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-lair-en-verb-NMTxsELq Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (intransitive, Scotland) To become mired. Tags: Scotland, intransitive
    Sense id: en-lair-en-verb-7ibDoSHL Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Manx]

Head templates: {{head|gv|noun|g=f}} lair f
  1. Alternative form of laair Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: laair
    Sense id: en-lair-gv-noun-MkYnFSeY Categories (other): Manx entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Scots]

IPA: /ˈlair/ Forms: lairs [plural]
Rhymes: -er Etymology: From Old English lār (“instruction”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|ang|lār|t=instruction}} Old English lār (“instruction”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|lairs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} lair (plural lairs), {{sco-noun}} lair (plural lairs)
  1. lore
    Sense id: en-lair-sco-noun-tlmOg481 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "a. 1881, Sidney Lanier, Strange Jokes:",
          "text": "O dainty dew, O morning dew / That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you / And the sweet grass and manful oaks / Give lair and rest / To him who toadwise sits and croaks / His death-behest?",
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          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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        {
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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        {
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "repaire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "bunagi",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "ბუნაგი"
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        {
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "soro",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "სორო"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מְאוּרָה"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "odú"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "vacok"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "巣窟"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "oj",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "word": "waanzh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "berlóga",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "norá",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jȁzbina"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "of an animal",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
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          "ref": "1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:",
          "text": "...Van Helsing stood up and said, \"Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair. Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?\"",
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          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 41:",
          "text": "[H]e did a little scout work, and discovered the lair of that old woman.",
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        [
          "retreat",
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          "haven"
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        }
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          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skrivalište",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "скривалище"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "word": "schuilplaats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "word": "piilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "word": "piilopaikka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "krisfýgeto",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κρησφύγετο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
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          "roman": "liméri",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "λημέρι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "word": "búvóhely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "word": "rejtekhely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 69 11 2 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cró folaigh"
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "ang",
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        {
          "ref": "a. 1881, Sidney Lanier, Strange Jokes:",
          "text": "O dainty dew, O morning dew / That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you / And the sweet grass and manful oaks / Give lair and rest / To him who toadwise sits and croaks / His death-behest?",
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          "shelter"
        ],
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        {
          "ref": "1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:",
          "text": "...Van Helsing stood up and said, \"Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair. Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 41:",
          "text": "[H]e did a little scout work, and discovered the lair of that old woman.",
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          "supervillain",
          "supervillain"
        ],
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          "refuge"
        ],
        [
          "retreat",
          "retreat"
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        [
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          "haven"
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      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "ref": "1820, John Clare, “Address to Plenty in Winter”, in Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, page 50:",
          "text": "Then would I in Plenty's lap,\nFor the first time take a nap;\nFalling back in easy lair,\nSweetly slumb'ring in my chair;",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1843 June 5, William Thom, “Extract from a Letter to J. Robertson, Esq.”, in Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, 3rd edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., published 1847, page 136:",
          "text": "Wake ye, sleep ye, my hapless boy,\nIn this homeless house of care?\nLack ye the warmth of a mother's eye\nOn the cauldrife, lonely lair?",
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        }
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        "(British dialectal) A bed or resting place."
      ],
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        "British",
        "dialectal"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2018 August 2, BBC News, quoting Aberdeen City Council, “Dad 'will sleep by son's grave' to stop council clearing mementoes”, in BBC News:",
          "text": "We appreciate that this is a sensitive issue for lair owners and would like to assure them that the maintenance of the cemetery is carried out in a sensitive and dignified manner.",
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        }
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        [
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          "grave"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "pickup artist"
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        [
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          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "seduction",
          "seduction"
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        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
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        "(seduction community) A group where pickup artists meet to discuss and practise seduction techniques."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "seduction-community",
        "sexuality"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "english": "of some smaller mammals",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "burrow"
    },
    {
      "english": "of a lion or tiger",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "den"
    },
    {
      "english": "of an otter",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "holt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a criminal",
      "word": "den"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a criminal",
      "word": "hide-out"
    }
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "orǰ",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "որջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "oya",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "оя"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrloga",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бърлога"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "legovište",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "леговище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cau"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháoxué",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "巢穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "獸穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòuxué",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "兽穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "獸窟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòukū",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "兽窟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "獸窩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòuwō",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "兽窝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "doupě"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "hol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "pesä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tanière"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "repaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bunagi",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "ბუნაგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "soro",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "სორო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Höhle"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phōleós",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φωλεός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "meurá",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מְאוּרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "odú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "vacok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brocais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leaba dhearg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうくつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōkutsu",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "巣窟"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lustrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hi"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "waazh"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "word": "waanzh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vizuină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lógovo",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ло́гово"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "berlóga",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "берло́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "norá",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нора́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ја̏збина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jȁzbina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brloh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guarida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madriguera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bohåla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "håla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gryt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lya"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skrivalište",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скривалище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "schuilplaats"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "piilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "piilopaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antre"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "krisfýgeto",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κρησφύγετο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "liméri",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λημέρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "búvóhely"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "rejtekhely"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cró folaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "covo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lustrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "word": "kuhunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esconderijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "covil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lógovo",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ло́гово"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritón",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прито́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ја̏збина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бр́лог"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ја̏ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jȁzbina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bŕlog"
    },
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