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"etymology_text": "A reference to how farmers tend to stuff the hay from their farms into sacks and then lie down on top of said sacks when they go to sleep.",
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"ref": "1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in The Sheriff's Son",
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"(slang) To go to bed."
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"word": "turn into a pumpkin"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "clapar"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "naar bed gaan"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "gaan slapen"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "aller dormir"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "se coucher"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "likties uz auss"
},
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "meletakkan kepala"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to go to bed",
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"word": "uderzyć w kimono"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulečʹsja na bokovuju",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "улечься на боковую"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "planchar la oreja"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "empiltrarse"
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"word": "turn into a pumpkin"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "clapar"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "naar bed gaan"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "gaan slapen"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "aller dormir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "se coucher"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "likties uz auss"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "meletakkan kepala"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "uderzyć w kimono"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulečʹsja na bokovuju",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "улечься на боковую"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "planchar la oreja"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "empiltrarse"
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"word": "hit the hay"
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