See gaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
"word": "Jeebus"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "pull the other one"
},
{
"word": "bullshit"
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{
"sense": "expressing horror or shock",
"word": "gorblimey"
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{
"word": "Jeebus"
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{
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{
"word": "'sblood"
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"word": "feh"
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"word": "pfaugh"
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{
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"sense": "expressing disbelief",
"word": "nom d'un chien"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "parbleu"
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