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"ref": "1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 198",
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "nylkeä"
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "flensen"
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "pilappoq"
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"word": "flinsen"
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "flense"
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "flense"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdiratʹ",
"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
"word": "сдирать"
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"sense": "To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc",
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