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{
"etymology_text": "In radio sense: short for young lady.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "YLs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"ref": "1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140:",
"text": "Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A female radio amateur."
],
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],
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]
],
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"(slang) A female radio amateur."
],
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]
},
{
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"word": "young learner"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of young learner."
],
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],
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"etymology_text": "In radio sense: short for young lady.",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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{
"ref": "1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140:",
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"A female radio amateur."
],
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"(slang) A female radio amateur."
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"Initialism of young learner."
],
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}
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