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"name": "Nautical",
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"The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail."
],
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],
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"(nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail."
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "isonpurjeen jalus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "sailor slang",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "storan skuutti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grande écoute"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "waha"
}
]
}
],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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],
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"(nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
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},
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "isonpurjeen jalus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "sailor slang",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "storan skuutti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grande écoute"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rope connecting to mainsail",
"word": "waha"
}
],
"word": "mainsheet"
}
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