See ditty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/En-us-ditty.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-ditty.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-uk-ditty.ogg/En-uk-ditty.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-uk-ditty.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "diddy (US)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪti"
}
],
"word": "ditty"
}
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