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"ref": "1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Bristol Railway Circle”, in Railway Magazine, page 184",
"text": "The guest of honour was Mr. John F. Peckett, Jnr., of the well-known Bristol firm of locomotive engineers.",
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"ref": "2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC",
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"A guest in whose honour a gathering is held; the most important guest."
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"(British spelling) A guest in whose honour a gathering is held; the most important guest."
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"sense": "guest of honour",
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"word": "Ehrengast"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "díszvendég"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "tamu kehormatan"
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"sense": "guest of honour",
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"word": "Éieregaascht"
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"sense": "guest of honour",
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "panauhing pandangal"
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"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "onur konuğu"
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"word": "Ehrengast"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "díszvendég"
},
{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "tamu kehormatan"
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"word": "æresgjest"
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"word": "hedersgäst"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "panauhing pandangal"
},
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"sense": "guest of honour",
"word": "onur konuğu"
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