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"A person who cockfishes."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"cockfishes",
"cockfish#Verb"
]
],
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"(Internet slang, vulgar) A person who cockfishes."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
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],
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}
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