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"etymology_text": "US origin, 1950s.",
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"ref": "1988, Heywood Gould, Cocktail (motion picture), spoken by Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise)",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
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"note": "(no equivalent exists; literally:) 歡樂時間",
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"roman": "huānlè shíjiān",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
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"_dis1": "45 22 33",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
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"alt": "sāʕa(t) saʕīda",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "سَاعَة سَعِيدَة"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "(no equivalent exists; literally:) 歡樂時間",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huānlè shíjiān",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "欢乐时间"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "õnnetund"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "happy hour"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "5 à"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
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"word": "Happy Hour"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "gleðistund"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "happy hour"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
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"word": "happy hour"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
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"word": "happy hour"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sčastlivyj čas",
"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"word": "счастливый час"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "pub discount drinking hours",
"tags": [
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"word": "hora feliz"
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