See jig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:",
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"ref": "1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 90:",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A black person."
],
"links": [
[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
],
[
"slur",
"slur"
],
[
"black",
"black"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, offensive, slang, dated, ethnic slur) A black person."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"dated",
"ethnic",
"offensive",
"slang",
"slur"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "jĭg",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒɪɡ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-jig.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg/En-au-jig.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-jig.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "gig (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jig (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "jig"
}
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{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: French: __IGNORE__ (1)",
"path": [
"jig"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "jig",
"trace": ""
}
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