See bil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "dikbil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "linkerbil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "met de billen bloot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rechterbil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "van bil gaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wie zijn billen brandt, moet op de blaren zitten"
}
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],
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}
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},
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"name": "inh"
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},
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},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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},
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{
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},
{
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},
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}
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{
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[
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"posterior",
"posterior"
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"(Suriname, metonymic) buttocks, backside, posterior"
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},
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"4": "",
"5": "axe"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"word": "billen"
},
{
"word": "biller"
},
{
"word": "steenbiller"
},
{
"word": "bilhamer"
},
{
"word": "bilmachine"
}
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{
"word": "zwaaispits"
},
{
"word": "tweespits"
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],
"tags": [
"feminine"
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}
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},
{
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"Middle Low German links with redundant wikilinks",
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},
{
"word": "billenkoek"
},
{
"word": "billenman"
},
{
"word": "billentikker"
},
{
"word": "bilnaad"
},
{
"word": "bilspleet"
},
{
"word": "blote billetjes in het gras"
},
{
"word": "dikbil"
},
{
"word": "hoge bil"
},
{
"word": "kikkerbil"
},
{
"word": "linkerbil"
},
{
"word": "met de billen bloot"
},
{
"word": "rechterbil"
},
{
"word": "van bil gaan"
},
{
"word": "wie zijn billen brandt, moet op de blaren zitten"
}
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{
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"lang_code": "dcr",
"word": "bil"
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{
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"lang_code": "srn",
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{
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{
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"name": "cog"
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"name": "cog"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "fy",
"2": "bil"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian bil",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
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"word": "biller"
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"word": "bilmachine"
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}
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