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"ref": "1877, Charles W. Hall, chapter XVIII, in Adrift in the Ice-Fields, Boston: Lee and Shepard",
"text": "Still something had occurred to prevent the hunters from securing their rich booty, for huge piles of skins, with their adhering blubber, were scattered over the ice, and near one was planted firmly in the floe a boat-hook, with a small flag at the top.",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
"word": "ᐅᖅᓱᖅ"
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make noises while crying",
"word": "chialer"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make noises while crying",
"word": "pleurer comme un veau"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "bőg"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make noises while crying",
"word": "wairutu"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make noises while crying",
"word": "wairurutu"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make noises while crying",
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"sense": "to swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears",
"word": "sírással eltorzítja az arcát"
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"ref": "2011 April 13, “Nikki Sanderson: from the Street to the stage”, in Evening Standard",
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"ref": "2022 October 24, “The Repair Shop’s Will Kirk and Antiques Road Trip’s Christina Trevanion become The Travelling Auctioneers in idyllic new BBC One series”, in BBC",
"text": "As an auctioneer, you tend to come into people’s lives when they are going through an awful lot, and it is very difficult not to get emotionally involved. You feel responsible for helping them to achieve their goal, and that’s quite a weight to carry on your shoulders. I am a blubber at the best of times – it doesn’t take a lot to set me off!",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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