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"text": "Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’",
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"word": "jollify"
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"word": "jollity"
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{
"word": "jolly along"
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{
"word": "jolly boat"
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{
"word": "jolly boy"
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{
"word": "jolly D"
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{
"word": "jolly good show"
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{
"word": "jolly-hockey-sticks"
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{
"word": "Jolly Roger"
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{
"word": "jolly well"
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"To amuse or divert."
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"ref": "1898, Marketing/Communications, volume 23, page 52",
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"word": "развеселявам"
},
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"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To amuse or divert",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "dělat si legraci"
}
],
"word": "jolly"
}
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