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"ref": "1952, Woman's Home Companion, volume 79, page 141",
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"ref": "1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59",
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"month#English"
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Michigan English",
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"source": "w"
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"Michigan",
"Michigan"
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{
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{
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{
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"Latin",
"letter"
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{
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"letter"
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"text": "Coordinate term: W"
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"ref": "2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 332",
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],
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"Initialism of men (sign on toilet door)."
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"men",
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],
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"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
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],
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{
"word": "Mon."
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"alt-of",
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{
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"Initialism of million."
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],
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"abbreviation",
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"initialism",
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},
{
"alt_of": [
{
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"English initialisms",
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"Initialism of media."
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"entomology",
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"media",
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"(entomology) Initialism of media."
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"abbreviation",
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"lifestyle",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
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{
"categories": [
"American English",
"en:Film"
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"A film with the content rating M."
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[
"film",
"film#Noun"
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[
"film",
"film"
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"(US, film) A film with the content rating M."
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"US",
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"uncountable"
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"broadcasting",
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"television"
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"text": "EOE M/F/V/H ― equal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran, handicap)"
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"Abbreviation of minority."
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[
"job",
"job"
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[
"listing",
"listing"
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[
"minority",
"minority#English"
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],
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"(in job listings) Abbreviation of minority."
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"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"in job listings",
"uncountable"
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},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "morphine"
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"ref": "1952, Woman's Home Companion, volume 79, page 141",
"text": "[Doctors] always carry narcotic prescription blanks and some M with them. M is morphine.",
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{
"ref": "1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59",
"text": "“Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Larry Harrison, Glimpses of a Floating World, page 142",
"text": "'You were going to get me some M,' she whispered in his ear. […] His friend uses morphine, too.",
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}
],
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"Initialism of morphine."
],
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[
"morphine",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) Initialism of morphine."
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"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"the number of minutes a player spent at the crease"
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[
"cricket",
"cricket"
],
[
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"crease"
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],
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"(cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease"
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"countable",
"in batting figures",
"uncountable"
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"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
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},
{
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"the number of maiden overs bowled"
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[
"cricket",
"cricket"
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"maiden over"
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],
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"Michigan."
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