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"word": "怕老婆的"
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "toffelhjälte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife",
"word": "tofflad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife",
"word": "kılıbık"
}
],
"word": "henpecked"
}
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