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"roman": "osvedomítelʹnica",
"sense": "secret informant for police",
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],
"word": "осведоми́тельница"
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"word": "доносчик"
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"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "secret informant for police",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "secret informant for police",
"word": "confidente"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "secret informant for police",
"word": "casus"
}
],
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"etymology_text": "Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning was “stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian”. It may have been a Yiddish vaudeville term.",
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"word": "claque"
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"To act as a straight man."
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],
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"(intransitive) To act as a straight man."
],
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}
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}
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}
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