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"ref": "1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Visions of Johanna”, in Blonde on Blonde",
"text": "We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight / Ask himself if it's him or them that's insane",
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"masculine"
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"(cricket) The last batsman in a three or five day game to play on a particular day and thus carry over the batting to the following day."
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"Requests for review of Turkish translations"
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Nachtwächter"
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
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},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
"word": "gece bekçisi"
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"sense": "a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers",
"word": "yatakçı"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who guards at night",
"tags": [
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"word": "vigilant nocturn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who guards at night",
"word": "yövartija"
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"word": "Nachtwächter"
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"word": "Wachmann"
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"sense": "person who guards at night",
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"sense": "person who guards at night",
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