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"text": "She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.",
"type": "example"
},
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"ref": "2001, American Bar Association, Symposium Issue of The Professional Lawyer",
"text": "Does it continue to make sense to have umpteen definitions of the practice of law, umpteen UPL prohibitions, umpteen UPL investigation and prosecution procedures, and umpteen UPL sanctions? The current crazy quilt of regulation in this area makes it difficult for anyone to know (including lawyers) what is and is not permitted in a particular jurisdiction.",
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"text": "He tries, \"The few, the proud, the umpteen,\" and Shane says, \"Umpteen? Pray tell me, good sir, who is this umpteen of which you speak?\" and Joseph says, \"Umpteen Dumpteen sat on a wall,\" and they both break up laughing.\n\"It's like a bunch, isn't it? 'Umpteen'?\" This from Sean Lanham, whose small round skull has inspired Coach Dale to name him Peahead.",
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"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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"code": "cs",
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"feminine"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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"english": "between 11 and 19",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "toistakymmentä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six mille"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six-mille"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "zig"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "kismillió"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "egy rakás"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "csillió"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "dy liooar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "tuauriuri"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "ørten"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "um bocado de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "um monte de"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "inúmeros"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "enșpe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besčislenno",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "бесчисленно"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "una multitud de"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "un montón de"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "femtioelva"
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Rhymes:English/iːn",
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"text": "She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2001, American Bar Association, Symposium Issue of The Professional Lawyer",
"text": "Does it continue to make sense to have umpteen definitions of the practice of law, umpteen UPL prohibitions, umpteen UPL investigation and prosecution procedures, and umpteen UPL sanctions? The current crazy quilt of regulation in this area makes it difficult for anyone to know (including lawyers) what is and is not permitted in a particular jurisdiction.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Kevin Brockmeier, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade",
"text": "He tries, \"The few, the proud, the umpteen,\" and Shane says, \"Umpteen? Pray tell me, good sir, who is this umpteen of which you speak?\" and Joseph says, \"Umpteen Dumpteen sat on a wall,\" and they both break up laughing.\n\"It's like a bunch, isn't it? 'Umpteen'?\" This from Sean Lanham, whose small round skull has inspired Coach Dale to name him Peahead.",
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"Relatively large but unspecified in number."
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"(informal, often slightly derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number."
],
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕošroméyya",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "عشرميه"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezbroj",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "безброй"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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"neuter"
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"word": "moře"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "halda"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
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],
"word": "hafo"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spousta"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "tig"
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{
"code": "fi",
"english": "between 11 and 19",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "toistakymmentä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six mille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "trente-six-mille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "zig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "kismillió"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "egy rakás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "csillió"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "dy liooar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "tuauriuri"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "ørten"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "um bocado de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "um monte de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "inúmeros"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "enșpe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besčislenno",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "бесчисленно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "una multitud de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "un montón de"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Relatively large but unspecified in number",
"word": "femtioelva"
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