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"enpr": "daus"
}
],
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{
"word": "dowse"
}
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly",
"word": "vetäistä alas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly",
"word": "schnell herunterlassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly",
"word": "unvermittelt fallen lassen"
}
],
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}
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"3": "",
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{
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"2": "doesen",
"3": "",
"4": "to beat, strike"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "tusen"
},
"expansion": "German tusen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "dusen",
"3": "",
"4": "to strike, run against, collide"
},
"expansion": "dusen (“to strike, run against, collide”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "dössen",
"3": "",
"4": "to strike"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian dössen (“to strike”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "doss"
},
"expansion": "doss",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dust"
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"name": "l"
}
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"tags": [
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}
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"word": "dowse"
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