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"roman": "oskǎdno zaplaštane",
"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šenderğâz",
"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
"word": "شندرغاز"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
"word": "mixaria"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skudnoje",
"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"_dis1": "14 85 1",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
"tags": [
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"word": "milostinja"
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"ref": "2022 September 24, Sam Jones, “Ill-fated Spanish village poised to be destroyed a third time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "The former residents of Fraguas, who sold up for a pittance, have swung behind the resettlement, happy to see life return to the narrow lanes where they grew up.",
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"_dis1": "6 1 93",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small amount",
"word": "rahtu"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small amount",
"word": "rahtunen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small amount",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a small amount",
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"word": "Almosen"
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"_dis1": "6 1 93",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small amount",
"word": "miseria"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 93",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small amount",
"tags": [
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"word": "miseria"
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"_dis1": "6 1 93",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a small amount",
"word": "üç kuruş"
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"ipa": "/ˈpɪtəns/"
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"ipa": "[ˈpʰɪʔn̩s]"
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"sense": "small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal",
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"sense": "small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal",
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"word": "оскъдно заплащане"
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"word": "nälkäpalkka"
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
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"sense": "meagre allowance of money or wages",
"word": "شندرغاز"
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"word": "mixaria"
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"code": "fi",
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