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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "humorous, amusing, joking",
"word": "ffraeth"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "humorous, amusing, joking",
"word": "ysmala"
}
],
"word": "jocular"
}
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