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"text": "c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury\nThe harpies about me all pocket the pool."
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"feminine"
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"word": "harpía"
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"word": "ハルピュイア"
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"word": "chipie"
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"sense": "obnoxious, shrewish woman",
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