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"text": "The place is pure doss, like.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Good, desirable."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) Good, desirable."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɒs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dɑs/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒs"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-doss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/En-au-doss.ogg/En-au-doss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-au-doss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:doss"
],
"word": "doss"
}
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