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"ref": "2012, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Alexander: A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301, With a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of the Great Macedonian, →ISBN:",
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"roman": "ednorǎk",
"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "еднорък"
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"lang": "Catalan",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "manchot"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "toco"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "manco"
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"sense": "having only one hand",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "einhentur"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "con una mano"
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"roman": "çolak",
"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "چولاق"
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"sense": "having only one hand",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "jednoręki"
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"sense": "having only one hand",
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"sense": "having only one hand",
"word": "enhänt"
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"roman": "za edna rǎka",
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"word": "за една ръка"
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"word": "einhändig"
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