See spitter on Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spitter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-spitter.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "one that spits",
"word": "sylkijä"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "one that spits",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spūtātor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pleválʹščik",
"sense": "one that spits",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плева́льщик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pleválʹščica",
"sense": "one that spits",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "плева́льщица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "one that spits",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pljùvāč"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "one that spits",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pljuvàčica"
}
],
"word": "spitter"
}
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