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"word": "fragile"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "zart"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "schwach"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "leicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "zerbrechlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "hauchdünn"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "fragilis"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "kopī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "marore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "kōpīpī"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "spinkel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "spinkel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "pukrich"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "receoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "trémulo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrúpkij",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "хру́пкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xlipkij",
"sense": "likely to bend or break under pressure",
"word": "хлипкий"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "chabý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "chatrný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "tynd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "svag"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "heppoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "hatara"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "faible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fragile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak; ill-founded",
"word": "fadenscheinig"
}
],
"word": "flimsy"
}
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"ref": "1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 251",
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"ref": "1964, Australia. Parliament, Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament",
"text": "A perusal of the comments of officers under whom he has served as recorded in his “flimsies\" indicates that he has almost consistently received high commendation for his service.",
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{
"ref": "1994, John Wells, The Royal Navy: An Illustrated Social History, 1870-1982, page 7",
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}
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"ref": "2007 October 25, Ruth La Ferla, “Now It’s Nobody’s Secret”, in New York Times",
"text": "Choosing lingerie “is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,” said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye.",
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"glosses": [
"Skimpy underwear."
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"text": "[…] Q was a Queer-screen, that served as a blind; / R was a Reader, with flimsies well lined; […]",
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"A banknote."
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"(slang) A banknote."
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "peljur",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пелюр"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gennemslagspapir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"word": "läpilyöntipaperi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papier calque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calque"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "páipéar tanaí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papel cebolla"
}
],
"word": "flimsy"
}
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