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"sense": "strange light",
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "قرعة مضيئة"
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"roman": "Ddmicʻ lapter",
"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "Դդմից լապտեր"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "cek fənəri"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "Jack Linterna"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
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"word": "свяцільня Джэка"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "kurpitsalyhty"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
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"word": "მნათობი ჯეკი"
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"word": "Jack O’Lantern"
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"word": "τζακ ο' λάντερν"
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"word": "ג׳ק־או־לנטרן"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "töklámpás"
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"word": "ジャックオランタン"
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"word": "tanglung labu"
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"word": "Jack-o'-lantern"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"tags": [
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"word": "latarnia z dyni"
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"word": "фонарь из тыквы"
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
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"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "แจ็กโอแลนเทิร์น"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Lixtar Džeka",
"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "Ліхтар Джека"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svitýlʹnyk Džéka",
"sense": "carved pumpkin",
"word": "світи́льник Дже́ка"
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