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"word": "clutch pencil"
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"word": "lead pencil"
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"word": "drafting pencil"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"word": "ខ្មៅដៃចុច"
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"word": "샤프펜실"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"word": "механи́ческий каранда́ш"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"word": "lapicero"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"word": "stiftpenna"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "din-sɔ̌ɔ-gòt",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "ดินสอกด"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "viết chì bấm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "bút chì bấm"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "mecanyddol"
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"word": "قَلَم الرَصَاص مِيقَانِيقِيّ"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "鉛芯筆"
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "铅芯笔"
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"word": "自動鉛筆"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
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"word": "mekanika krajono"
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"word": "lyijytäytekynä"
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"word": "μηχανικό μολύβι"
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"word": "עט עיפרון"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lapicero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stiftpenna"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "din-sɔ̌ɔ-gòt",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "ดินสอกด"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "viết chì bấm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "bút chì bấm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pencil with a retractable lead",
"word": "mecanyddol"
}
],
"word": "mechanical pencil"
}
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