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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun."
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"word": "kaksipiippuinen"
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"sense": "having two barrels, as a gun",
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"sense": "having two barrels, as a gun",
"word": "ਦੁਨਾਲ਼ੀ"
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"word": "kaksipiippuinen"
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