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"ref": "1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
"word": "tolppa-apina"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
"word": "ipari alpinista"
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
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"word": "viðgerðarmaður turna"
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
"word": "tukang menara"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "verxoláz",
"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
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"word": "верхола́з"
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"word": "steeplejack"
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
"word": "tolppa-apina"
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
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"sense": "person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs",
"word": "tukang menara"
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"word": "steeplejack"
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