ifs or buts in English

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    {
      "form": "pl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "ifs or buts pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of ifs and buts used especially in negative constructions."
      ],
      "id": "en-ifs_or_buts-en-noun-vscgYQug",
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          "ifs and buts",
          "ifs and buts#English"
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      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ifs or buts"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "ifs or buts pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ifs and buts used especially in negative constructions"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ifs and buts used especially in negative constructions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ifs and buts",
          "ifs and buts#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ifs or buts"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'pl' in 'ifs or buts pl (plural only)'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ifs or buts",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "ifs or buts"
  ],
  "section": "English",
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}

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"ifs or buts" meaning in English

Noun