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{
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{
"word": "pull the other one"
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{
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{
"word": "Jeebus"
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{
"word": "Jiminy Cricket"
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{
"word": "'sblood"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "get out of town"
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{
"word": "pull the other one"
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{
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{
"sense": "expressing horror or shock",
"word": "gorblimey"
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{
"word": "Jeebus"
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{
"word": "Jiminy Cricket"
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{
"word": "'sblood"
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{
"word": "wow"
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{
"sense": "expressing disdain",
"word": "feh"
},
{
"word": "pfaugh"
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{
"word": "pshaw"
},
{
"word": "pooh"
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{
"word": "bah"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "expressing disbelief",
"word": "nom d’un chien"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "expressing disbelief",
"word": "parbleu"
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{
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"sense": "expressing disbelief",
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