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"ref": "1993 November 9, L. R. Shannon, “Peripherals: MCI Mail Changes The Nature Of Letters”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-04-03",
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"(retronym) Mail sent physically in the post, especially as compared to email."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "correu ordinari"
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"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "郵局遞送的郵件"
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"roman": "yóujú dìsòng de yóujiàn",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "邮局递送的邮件"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "sneglepost"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"sense": "postal mail",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "tigupost"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "etanaposti"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "courrier traditionnel"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "correo postal"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "Schneckenpost"
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"word": "Snailmail f Snail-Mail"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "sniglapóstur"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "correio lesma"
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"roman": "póčta",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "по́чта"
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"sense": "postal mail",
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"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "snigelpost"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tanti tapālā",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "తంతి తపాలా"
}
]
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"sense": "postal mail",
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"word": "correu ordinari"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "郵局遞送的郵件"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóujú dìsòng de yóujiàn",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "邮局递送的邮件"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "postal mail",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "sneglepost"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "slakkenpost"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "snailmail"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "tigupost"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "etanaposti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "courrier papier"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "courrier traditionnel"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "correo postal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schneckenpost"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Snailmail f Snail-Mail"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sniglapóstur"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
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"word": "posta cartacea"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sneglepost"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sniglepost"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "correio lesma"
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"alt": "обычная (obyčnaja)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póčta",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "по́чта"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "correo postal"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
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"word": "correo ordinario"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "postal mail",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snigelpost"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tanti tapālā",
"sense": "postal mail",
"word": "తంతి తపాలా"
}
],
"word": "snail mail"
}
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