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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"word": "tất nhỡ"
}
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "膝上襪"
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{
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"roman": "xīshàngwà",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "膝上袜"
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"word": "knæstrømpe"
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "polvisukka"
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
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"word": "Kniestrumpf"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "térdzokni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gambaletto"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hai sokkusu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "ハイソックス"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nī sokkusu",
"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "ニーソックス"
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"word": "무릎양말"
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"word": "니삭스"
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
"tags": [
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sock that reaches almost up to the knee",
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"word": "knee-high"
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