See hootenanny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "whatdyecallem"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "whatdoyoucallit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "whatnot"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "whatsaname"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "whatsitsname"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "whiff-whaff"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "whosiewhatsit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "whosit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "wossisname"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "wossname"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"word": "wotsit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"tags": [
"Irish"
],
"word": "yoke"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:thingy",
"tags": [
"Irish"
],
"word": "yokibus"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhutənæni/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-hootenanny.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sumxr-hootenanny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sumxr-hootenanny.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sumxr-hootenanny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sumxr-hootenanny.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "hootenanny"
}
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