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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "ajnároz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "babusgat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "tutujgat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "elkényeztet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "kényeztet"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"word": "morimori"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "rozpieścić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "rozpieszczać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "balovátʹ",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"neuter"
],
"word": "балова́ть"
}
],
"word": "mollycoddle"
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to be overprotective and indulgent toward', 2: 'pamper'}",
"path": [
"mollycoddle",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "mollycoddle",
"trace": ""
}
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