See chain letter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"english": "happiness/luck letter",
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pisʹmó sčastʹja",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"word": "письмо́ счастья"
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"neuter"
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"roman": "jòt-mǎai-lûuk-sôo",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"word": "จดหมายลูกโซ่"
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"tags": [
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "mikhtáv sharshéret",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"tags": [
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"word": "מִכְתָּב שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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],
"word": "catena di sant'antonio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "chēn mēru",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"word": "チェーンメール"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "chēn-retā",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"word": "チェーン・レター"
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"code": "ko",
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"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "haeng'un-ui pyeonji",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"word": "행운의 편지"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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"english": "happiness/luck letter",
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pisʹmó sčastʹja",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"translation": "happiness/luck letter",
"word": "письмо́ счастья"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "jòt-mǎai-lûuk-sôo",
"sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
"word": "จดหมายลูกโซ่"
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],
"word": "chain letter"
}
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