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"ref": "1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five",
"text": "Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat",
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"ref": "2023, “Strung Out Johnny”, in Every Loser, performed by Iggy Pop",
"text": "It's wiser to say no / God made me a junkie / But Satan told me so",
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"A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user."
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"(slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user."
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"text": "English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.",
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},
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"text": "My uncle is a classic-car junkie.",
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"An enthusiast of something."
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"word": "愛好者"
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"word": "люби́тель"
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"ref": "2023, “Strung Out Johnny”, in Every Loser, performed by Iggy Pop",
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"(slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something."
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{
"word": "enthusiast"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "enthusiast",
"word": "愛好者"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "àihàozhě",
"sense": "enthusiast",
"word": "爱好者"
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"sense": "enthusiast"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "enthusiast",
"word": "hullu"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "enthusiast",
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"roman": "ljubítelʹ",
"sense": "enthusiast",
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"word": "yonqui"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "enthusiast",
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