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"english": "The rough, evil-natured devil can cause us no longer fear.",
"text": "1859: De ruige, boosaardige barlebaan (...) kan ons heden geen vrees aanjagen. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3FtAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=barlebaan&source=bl&ots=3PWS-vjuxH&sig=aOHTfJbx7Sts-au5b-f_fEz_QCg&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=6RFrVeSqKpLO7QbxvYPIBg&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=barlebaan&f=false",
"translation": "The rough, evil-natured devil can cause us no longer fear."
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"english": "They were ugly as the devil, long and skinny like their mother.",
"text": "1907: Zij waren leelijk als barlebaan, lang en mager als hun moeder. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5zlKAAAAYAAJ&q=barlebaan&dq=barlebaan&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=pxRrVcKBHOWC7gag14HYCQ&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ",
"translation": "They were ugly as the devil, long and skinny like their mother."
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"text": "1920: De beulen zagen er om 't even verwilderd uit, schrikwekkend als weerwolf en barlebaan. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/leme001taal02_01/leme001taal02_01_0005.php",
"translation": "The executioners looked feral, (were) frightening like a werewolf and devil (would be)."
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