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"ref": "2009, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, chapter 9, in The Fallen Kings ([The Morland] Dynasty; 32), London: Sphere, published 2010, page 204",
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"ref": "2014, Tarrence Garrison, Basketball Essentials: Learn, Improve, Dominate, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: [CreateSpace]",
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"ref": "2017 September 1, Mansi Mahendru, “How to Dress Up during Monsoon: Six Tips”, in Divesh Nath, editor, Woman’s Era, volume 44, number 1050, New Delhi: Paresh Nath, Delhi Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, columns 1–2",
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"ref": "1991, Michael Tippett, “The Heart’s Assurance”, in Those Twentieth Century Blues: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, page 143",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "paikanvaihtaja"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "työpaikkaa jatkuvasti vaihtava henkilö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "yleistyöntekijä"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "lisävieras"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "puoluettaan vaihtava äänestäjä"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "laittomasti moneen kertaan äänestävä"
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"word": "epätavallisen vaalipiirin edustaja"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "joukkueeton pelaaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "kelluva esine"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "keittoon lisätty ihrapala"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "lasiaissamentuma"
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"neuter"
],
"word": "μυγάκι"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "augngrugg"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flotögn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mroczek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mosca volante"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mušica"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ball that moves lightly though the air",
"word": "hitaasti lentävä pallo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(basketball) early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim",
"word": "floater"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "waterproof sandal",
"word": "vedenkestävä sandaali"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thing which moves from place to place, as if floating",
"word": "leijuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short for floating rate bond",
"word": "vaihtuvakorkoinen joukkovelkakirjalaina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insurance policy covering movable property at more than one location or which may be in transit",
"word": "kuljetettavaa irtainta suojaava vakuutus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "book circulated between prisoners which is not part of the official prison library",
"word": "vankilaan kuulumaton kirja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave",
"word": "floater"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(two-up) coin which does not spin when thrown in the air",
"word": "ilmassa kieppumaton kolikko"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kristaps Porziņģis"
],
"word": "floater"
}
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