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"theme",
"theme"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"stamp collector",
"stamp collector"
]
],
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"(philately) A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"philately"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtɒp.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒpɪkəl"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑ.pɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑpɪkəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
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"tags": [
"New-Jersey"
],
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}
],
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}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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