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"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "port"
},
{
"word": "larboard"
},
{
"word": "leeboard"
},
{
"word": "left"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
"word": "backboard"
}
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