See mimeograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "kopioida vahaksilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "polycopier"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "mimeografare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "ciclostilare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "mimeografar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make mimeographs",
"word": "mimeografiar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Albert Dick"
],
"word": "mimeograph"
}
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