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"ref": "2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 49, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 253",
"text": "She lifted the top mattress and removed the sack and tossed it on the bed, anxious to count the booty. Sat down on the bed and crossed her legs and she loosened the drawstring and turned the sack upside down and shook.",
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"(intransitive) To place one leg over the other, especially while sitting down."
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"word": "cross one's arms"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "croiser les jambes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "die Beine übereinanderschlagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "accavallare le gambe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "incrociare le gambe"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "cruzar las piernas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "magde-kuwatro"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxréščuvaty nóhy",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"tags": [
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"word": "схре́щувати но́ги"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "sxrestýty nóhy",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
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"word": "схрести́ти но́ги"
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"word": "cross one's legs"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "croiser les jambes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "die Beine übereinanderschlagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "accavallare le gambe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "incrociare le gambe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "cruzar las piernas"
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"sense": "place one leg over the other",
"word": "magde-kuwatro"
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"roman": "sxréščuvaty nóhy",
"sense": "place one leg over the other",
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"word": "схре́щувати но́ги"
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"sense": "place one leg over the other",
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"word": "схрести́ти но́ги"
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],
"word": "cross one's legs"
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