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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "zoupón"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mensch mit zwei linken Händen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unbeholfener Mensch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ungeschickte Person"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zimiáris",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ζημιάρης"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "ру́ки из жо́пы расту́т (rúki iz žópy rastút, literally “hands growing from the buttocks”)",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "ру́ки как крюки́ (rúki kak krjukí, literally “hands like hooks”)",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manazas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated",
"word": "manos de manteca"
}
],
"word": "butterfingers"
}
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