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"ref": "2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, page 225",
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"ref": "1959, Michel del Castillo, tr. Humphry Hare, The Billsticker",
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"ref": "1975, Harlan Ellison, No Doors, No Windows",
"text": "[…]being turned on by a woman who was also a person and had stuff going for herself, and knowing that even if my Wurlitzer rotted and fell off, even if her Charlies sagged and turned to empty baggies, we'd still be buddies and craft companions",
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"ref": "1986, John Hooker, Jacob's Season, page 115",
"text": "'Hullo, Jacob.' She grins at him over her counter as he eyes her charlies sticking through her sweater.",
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"ref": "1834, “Hampden in the 19th Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: John Bowyer Nichols, page 295",
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"ref": "1861, J.W. Taylor, Antiquities Falkland, page 43",
"text": "That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H].",
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"ref": "1913, “Lord Ballyrot in Slangland”, in The Tacoma Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184",
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"ref": "2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, page 225",
"text": "'Can I call you Charlotte?'\n'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A unisex given name",
"A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte or Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name."
],
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"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
],
[
"Charlotte",
"Charlotte#English"
],
[
"Charlene",
"Charlene"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A name for a fox in fables and folk literature."
],
"links": [
[
"fox",
"fox#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʃɑɹli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑɹli"
},
{
"audio": "En-ca-Charlie.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-ca-Charlie.oga/En-ca-Charlie.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-ca-Charlie.oga",
"tags": [
"Canadian"
],
"text": "Audio (Canadian)"
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "given name",
"word": "Charley"
},
{
"sense": "diminutive of Charles",
"word": "Chas"
},
{
"sense": "diminutive of Charles",
"word": "Chuck"
},
{
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Charlee"
},
{
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Charli"
},
{
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Charleigh"
},
{
"word": "Charley"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "charley"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
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}
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Kája"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Kalle"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "cārlī",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चार्ली"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Cháala"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čârli",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "چارلی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Čárli",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ча́рли"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Carlito"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Kalle"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Kolle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Karo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Lotta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene or its translations in other languages",
"word": "Carro"
}
],
"word": "Charlie"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
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"English uncountable nouns",
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"Rhymes:English/ɑɹli",
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{
"form": "Charlies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "s"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C."
],
"links": [
[
"RAF",
"RAF"
],
[
"radiotelephony",
"radiotelephony"
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"qualifier": "World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF",
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"(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C."
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"uncountable",
"usually"
]
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"categories": [
"English military slang",
"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988, Steve Earle (lyrics and music), “Copperhead Road”",
"text": "I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know? You better stay away from Copperhead Road.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An enemy; the Vietcong; short for Victor Charlie."
],
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"military"
],
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"slang",
"slang"
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[
"Vietcong",
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"(military slang) An enemy; the Vietcong; short for Victor Charlie."
],
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"slang",
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
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"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
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"categories": [
"English slang",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Cocaine."
],
"links": [
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"Cocaine",
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]
],
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"(uncountable, slang) Cocaine."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English countable nouns",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"text": "You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! — Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies."
},
{
"ref": "2009, Ruth Rendell, The Best Man To Die, page 26",
"text": "He looked a right Charlie in those tails and striped trousers.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fool."
],
"links": [
[
"fool",
"fool"
]
],
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"(countable, chiefly UK, slang, often with \"right\" and/or \"proper\") A fool."
],
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],
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"UK",
"countable",
"often",
"slang",
"usually"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1959, Michel del Castillo, tr. Humphry Hare, The Billsticker",
"text": "There's not a man she won't go with. She lets even the small boys feel her charlies.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1975, Harlan Ellison, No Doors, No Windows",
"text": "[…]being turned on by a woman who was also a person and had stuff going for herself, and knowing that even if my Wurlitzer rotted and fell off, even if her Charlies sagged and turned to empty baggies, we'd still be buddies and craft companions",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1986, John Hooker, Jacob's Season, page 115",
"text": "'Hullo, Jacob.' She grins at him over her counter as he eyes her charlies sticking through her sweater.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A woman's breast"
],
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[
"breast",
"breast"
]
],
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"(slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast"
],
"tags": [
"plural-normally",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A nightwatchman."
],
"links": [
[
"nightwatchman",
"nightwatchman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) A nightwatchman."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1834, “Hampden in the 19th Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: John Bowyer Nichols, page 295",
"text": "[…] the sons are adorned in the very height of the fashion, with white pantaloons, watch chains and Wellingtons, and a charley at their under lip […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1861, J.W. Taylor, Antiquities Falkland, page 43",
"text": "That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H].",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1913, “Lord Ballyrot in Slangland”, in The Tacoma Times, →ISSN",
"text": "This Cholly guy wants to do a brodie off the rattler.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I."
],
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[
"beard",
"beard"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards."
],
"links": [
[
"blackjack",
"blackjack"
],
[
"variant",
"variant"
]
],
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"(blackjack) The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"blackjack",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʃɑɹli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑɹli"
},
{
"audio": "En-ca-Charlie.oga",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-ca-Charlie.oga",
"tags": [
"Canadian"
],
"text": "Audio (Canadian)"
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "cocaine",
"word": "snow"
},
{
"sense": "fool",
"word": "fool"
},
{
"word": "Charley"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
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{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
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}
],
"word": "Charlie"
}
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