See blinker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blinker.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blinker.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blinker.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blinker.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blinker.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblɪŋkəɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "Teker \"Blinker\".ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Teker_%22Blinker%22.ogg/Teker_%22Blinker%22.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Teker_%22Blinker%22.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋkə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "blinker"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": naglázniki vs. nagláznik",
"path": [
"blinker"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blinker",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Russian', 'code': 'ru', 'sense': 'eye shield', 'roman': 'nagláznik', 'tags': ['masculine', 'plural'], 'word': 'нагла́зник m usually plural: нагла́зники'}",
"path": [
"blinker"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blinker",
"trace": ""
}
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