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"sense": "of, or relating to prostitutes",
"word": "meretricio"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpusnyj",
"sense": "of, or relating to prostitutes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "розпусний"
}
],
"word": "meretricious"
}
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