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"code": "az",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"word": "arlekiin"
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"roman": "muqyón",
"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"word": "arlekino"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "airleacán"
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"roman": "areullekino",
"sense": "pantomime fool",
"word": "아를레키노"
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"word": "арлеки́н"
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"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"masculine"
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"word": "харлѐкӣн"
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
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"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ar le ki no",
"sense": "pantomime fool",
"word": "ཨར་ལེ་ཀི་ནོ།"
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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"roman": "ar le ki no",
"sense": "pantomime fool",
"word": "ཨར་ལེ་ཀི་ནོ།"
},
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"sense": "pantomime fool",
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