Jan met de pet in Dutch

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          "english": "Instructions must be phrased so that any Joe Average can understand them.",
          "text": "Gebruiksaanwijzingen moeten zo geformuleerd zijn dat Jan met de pet ze snapt.",
          "translation": "Instructions must be phrased so that any Joe Average can understand them.",
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        "(idiomatic) John Q. Public, Joe Average, a hypothetical individual personification of the common man (or person, by extension)"
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        {
          "word": "Jan Boezeroen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jan Modaal"
        }
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "Jan met de pet"
}

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      "expansion": "L",
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      "args": {
        "1": "John with the cap"
      },
      "expansion": "“John with the cap”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "John with the cap"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “John with the cap”",
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    }
  ],
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          "text": "Gebruiksaanwijzingen moeten zo geformuleerd zijn dat Jan met de pet ze snapt.",
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      ],
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        "John Q. Public, Joe Average, a hypothetical individual personification of the common man (or person, by extension)"
      ],
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      ],
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          "word": "Jan Boezeroen"
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        {
          "word": "Jan Modaal"
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  "word": "Jan met de pet"
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"Jan met de pet" meaning in Dutch

Proper name