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"word": "тараба́рщина"
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"roman": "kitájskaja grámota",
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"word": "кита́йская гра́мота"
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"A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers."
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"Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time."
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"(colloquial) Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time."
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "wartaal"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "siansaksa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "heprea"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Kauderwelsch"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
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"word": "κινέζικα"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "halandzsa"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"tags": [
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"word": "arabo"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "turco"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"tags": [
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"word": "chińszczyzna"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
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"word": "grego"
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"word": "кита́йская гра́мота"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "saçmalık"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incomprehensible language",
"word": "anlaşılmaz"
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"sense": "incomprehensible language",
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