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"ref": "1989 March 15, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes",
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"sense": "a great mess or clutter",
"word": "bagunça total"
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"word": "неразбери́ха"
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"word": "เละเทะ"
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"roman": "lé-dtûm-bpé",
"sense": "a great mess or clutter",
"word": "เละตุ้มเป๊ะ"
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"word": "เละเทะ"
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"code": "th",
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"word": "เละตุ้มเป๊ะ"
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"sense": "a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation",
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{
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