See cancan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"rhymes": "-ankan"
}
],
"word": "cancan"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cancan meaning in English (7.3kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: motocross",
"path": [
"cancan"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cancan",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: motocross",
"path": [
"cancan"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
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