See vâm on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:",
"text": "Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.",
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"ref": "1940 June 16, Nguyễn Công Hoan, “Xuất giá tòng phu [Follow One's Husband When Married]”, in Phổ Thông Bán Nguyệt San [Common Half-monthly Magazine], number 61:",
"text": "Nhưng khỏe như con vâm, đưa khuỷu ra, ngài gạt vợ ngã lăn, và nắm chặt lấy hai cổ tay.",
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"ref": "2012 December 5, “Súy Vân Giả Dại [Súy Vân Feigns Madness]” (17:32 from the start), in Kim Nham, performed by Thúy Ngần:",
"text": "Kìa con vâm kia nó ấp thì trứng í ba ba. Cưỡi con gà mà đi đánh giặc.",
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"ref": "1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:",
"text": "Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.",
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23,
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"ref": "1940 June 16, Nguyễn Công Hoan, “Xuất giá tòng phu [Follow One's Husband When Married]”, in Phổ Thông Bán Nguyệt San [Common Half-monthly Magazine], number 61:",
"text": "Nhưng khỏe như con vâm, đưa khuỷu ra, ngài gạt vợ ngã lăn, và nắm chặt lấy hai cổ tay.",
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11,
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8,
11
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"ref": "2012 December 5, “Súy Vân Giả Dại [Súy Vân Feigns Madness]” (17:32 from the start), in Kim Nham, performed by Thúy Ngần:",
"text": "Kìa con vâm kia nó ấp thì trứng í ba ba. Cưỡi con gà mà đi đánh giặc.",
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