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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
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"word": "chữ như gà bới"
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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"tags": [
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"plural"
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"word": "pattes de mouche"
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"plural"
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"word": "hiéroglyphes"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
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"word": "griffonnage"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"tags": [
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"word": "Sauklaue"
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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"tags": [
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"plural"
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"word": "Krähenfüße"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ornithoskalísmata",
"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
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"word": "ορνιθοσκαλίσματα"
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"tags": [
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"word": "garrancho"
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"plural"
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"word": "кара́кули"
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"roman": "kak kúrica lapoj",
"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"word": "как ку́рица лапой"
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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"tags": [
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"word": "garrapato"
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"word": "кара́кулі"
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"word": "як ку́рка ла́пою"
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"sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
"word": "chữ như gà bới"
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