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"ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 11",
"text": "‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’",
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"sense": "one who takes care of a person",
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"sense": "one who takes care of a person",
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"sense": "one who takes care of a person",
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"word": "bean faire"
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"word": "сиде́лка"
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"ipa": "/ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/",
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"sense": "one who takes care of a place or thing",
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"sense": "one who takes care of a place or thing",
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"word": "gondnok"
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"word": "házfelügyelő"
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"word": "yaaʼáhályání"
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"word": "caretaker government"
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"text": "Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2023 November 15, Sam Jones, “Acting Spanish PM on verge of second term after controversial Catalan amnesty deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Sources within Sánchez’s caretaker administration claim the amnesty law is perfectly in keeping with the Socialist-led government’s efforts to calm tensions and find a political solution to the so-called Catalan question.",
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"word": "interim"
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"tags": [
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈkɛəˌteɪ.kə/",
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"UK"
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},
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kānshǒu",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "看守"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "臨時"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "línshí",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "临时"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "väliaikainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "virkaa tekevä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "gardien"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "ideiglenes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "átmeneti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "megbízott"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "sealadach"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "kaitiaki"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "temporary, on a short term basis",
"word": "interimar"
}
],
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"caretaker"
],
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