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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aprilspøk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
"word": "bir nisan şakası"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person subjected to a practical joke April Fools' Day",
"word": "Ffwl Ebrill"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"April fool"
],
"word": "April fool"
}
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