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"ref": "1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 5, in The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance",
"text": "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing.",
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"ref": "1996, Ani DiFranco (lyrics and music), “Napoleon”, in Dilate",
"text": "And I said I still make a pretty good living / But you must make a killing / A killing",
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"ref": "2009 January 17, Tom Huddleston, “What's all the fuss about 'Slumdog Millionaire'?”, in Time",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "tienata hyvät rahat"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "toucher le jackpot"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "(großen) Reibach machen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "sich eine goldene Nase verdienen"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "sbancare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "fare una fortuna"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
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"word": "a da lovitura"
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"roman": "grestí dénʹgi lopatoj",
"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "грести́ де́ньги лопатой"
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"word": "hacer su agosto"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "hacerse la América"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "tienata hyvät rahat"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "lyödä rahoiksi"
},
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "toucher le jackpot"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "(großen) Reibach machen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "sich eine goldene Nase verdienen"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "sbancare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "fare una fortuna"
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"word": "fare cassa"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "a da lovitura"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "grestí dénʹgi lopatoj",
"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "грести́ де́ньги лопатой"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "hacer su agosto"
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"sense": "to win or earn a large amount of money",
"word": "hacerse la América"
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