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"text": "\"Oh, yarbles,\" Micky whispered. \"This really is a bitch, isn't it?\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Expressing disgust, annoyance, frustration, or disapproval."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, euphemistic, possibly vulgar) Expressing disgust, annoyance, frustration, or disapproval."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"euphemistic",
"possibly",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɑː(ɹ)bəlz/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yarblockos"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Green's Dictionary of Slang",
"Nadsat",
"rhyming slang"
],
"word": "yarbles"
}
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