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"english": "Note: the two spellings appear roughly equally common.",
"word": "jackknife"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fold in the middle",
"word": "mennä linkkuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fold in the middle",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "taittua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fold in the middle",
"word": "panna linkkuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fold in the middle",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "taittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "vetää linkkuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
"word": "mennä linkkuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "olla linkussa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"jackknife"
],
"word": "jack-knife"
}
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