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"word": "gruar"
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"word": "討女人喜歡的男子"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǎo nǚrén xǐhuan de nánzǐ",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"word": "讨女人喜欢的男子"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"word": "naistenmies"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"word": "homme à femmes"
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"word": "色男"
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"roman": "ženkar",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"word": "женкар"
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"word": "damenes jens"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "doxpesar",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"word": "دخپسر"
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"word": "zdobywca serc"
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"roman": "dámskij ugódnik",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "да́мский уго́дник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kavalér",
"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
"tags": [
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"word": "кавале́р"
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"sense": "man who attracts women and enjoys their company",
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"word": "lady's man"
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