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"sense": "idle person",
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],
"word": "τεμπέλης"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "idle person",
"word": "léhűtő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idle person",
"word": "semmittevő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idle person",
"word": "naplopó"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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],
"word": "scraiste"
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"word": "fannullone"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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],
"word": "perditempo"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idle person",
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"word": "perdigiorno"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "namakemono",
"sense": "idle person",
"word": "怠け者"
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"sense": "idle person",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "idle person",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "idle person",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "idle person",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"word": "estaire"
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"sense": "idle person",
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"word": "arcyleń"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idle person",
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],
"word": "folgado"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idle person",
"tags": [
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"word": "vadio"
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"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
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"sense": "idle person",
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"word": "ਲਫੰਗਾ"
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"sense": "idle person",
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"word": "haragán"
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"lang": "Spanish",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idle person",
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"word": "holgazán"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idle person",
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "idle person",
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"lang": "Welsh",
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "laan⁵ lou² haai⁴",
"sense": "footwear",
"word": "懶佬鞋 /懒佬鞋"
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"ref": "1964, Ike Blasingame, Dakota Cowboy: My Life in the Old Days, page 72:",
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"ref": "2010, Cynthia K. Rhodes, Lucille Mulhall: An Athlete of Her Time, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2016, Patrick Dearen, A Cowboy of the Pecos, page 128:",
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