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"ref": "2018 May 16, John Crace, “Corbyn finds the formula to fire up the Maybot. Just ask after Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "At this rate Wednesdays [PMQs] could become a cushy number for the Labour leader.",
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"ref": "2019 August 6, Aditya Chakrabortty, “The super-rich have made Britain into a nation of losers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2021 October 17, Kitty Empire, “The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – a Foo Fighter pulls his punches”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
"text": "The band’s ascent is exciting and bewildering – until it isn’t. When Nirvana ends, he turns down a cushy number playing drums for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to record Foo Fighters’ terrific debut album in a makeshift home studio, playing every instrument himself.",
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"(British, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure."
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"word": "soft thing"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"word": "helppo homma"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"word": "helppo työ"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "planque"
},
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"ref": "2019 August 6, Aditya Chakrabortty, “The super-rich have made Britain into a nation of losers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2021 October 17, Kitty Empire, “The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – a Foo Fighter pulls his punches”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
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"require",
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[
"little",
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],
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"word": "soft snap"
},
{
"word": "soft thing"
}
],
"tags": [
"British",
"informal"
]
}
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},
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"word": "helppo homma"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"word": "helppo työ"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"word": "helppo duuni"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boulot pépère"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
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"word": "planque"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
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"word": "sinécure"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding",
"tags": [
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"word": "cushy number"
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